Insecta - Odonata - Gomphaeschnidae

Full reference: E. A. Jarzembowski and A. Nel. 1996. A new genus and species of hawker dragonfly (Aeshnidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of southern England. Cretaceous Research 17:97-101

Parent taxon: Gomphaeschnidae according to G. Bechly et al. 2001

See also Jarzembowski and Nel 1996

Sister taxa: Falsisophoaeschna, Gomphaeschnaoidinae, Gomphaeschninae, Sophoaeschna

Subtaxa: Cretalloaeschna cliffordae

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Type: Cretalloaeschna cliffordae

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Durlston Bay, Bed DB175, Swanage (MNEMG collection) (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

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