Insecta - Odonata - Gomphaeschnidae
Alternative combinations: Gomphaeschna obliqua, Gomphaeschnaoides obliqua
Full reference: D. C. Wighton. 1987. Gomphaeschna obliqua spec. nov., a new species of Gomphaeschninae from the Lower Cretaceous of northeastern Brazil (Anisoptera: Aeshnidae). Odonatologica 16:311-314
Belongs to Gomphaeschnaoides according to G. Bechly 2007
See also Bechly et al. 2001, Carle and Wighton 1990, Nel and Paicheler 1994 and Wighton 1987
Sister taxa: Gomphaeschnaoides betoreti, Gomphaeschnaoides magnus, Gomphaeschnaoides petersi
Type specimen: AMNH 43257, an exoskeleton (body fragment with two hindwings). Its type locality is Crato (AMNH collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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