Insecta - Odonata - Gomphaeschnidae
Full reference: G. Bechly, A. Nel, X. Martínez-Declòs, E. A. Jarzembowski, R. Coram, D. Martill, G. Fleck, F. Escuillié, M. M. Wisshak and M. Maisch. 2001. A revision and phylogenetic study of Mesozoic Aeshnoptera, with description of numerous new taxa (Insecta: Odonata: Anisoptera). Neue Paläontologische Abhandlungen 4:1-219
Belongs to Gomphaeschnaoides according to G. Bechly 2007
See also Bechly et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Gomphaeschnaoides betoreti, Gomphaeschnaoides obliquus, Gomphaeschnaoides petersi
Type specimen: JME AP 1997/2, an exoskeleton (female). Its type locality is Crato (JME collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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