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

Belongs to Cretalloaeschna according to G. Bechly et al. 2001

See also Jarzembowski and Nel 1996

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MNEMG 1995.171a,b, a forewing (apical half of forewing). Its type locality is Durlston Bay, Bed DB175, Swanage (MNEMG collection), which is in a Berriasian lagoonal siliciclastic in the Durlston Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Durlston Bay, Bed DB175, Swanage (MNEMG collection)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.