†Valdicordulia wellsorum Jarzembowski and Nel 1996 (true dragonfly)
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Insecta - Odonata - Valdicorduliidae
Full reference: E. A. Jarzembowski and A. Nel. 1996. New fossil dragonflies from the Lower Cretaceous of SE England and the phylogeny of the superfamily Libelluloidea (Insecta: Odonata). Cretaceous Research 17:67-85
Belongs to Valdicordulia according to E. A. Jarzembowski and A. Nel 1996
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MNEMG 1995. 61, a hindwing (Left hindwing missing apex). Its type locality is Clockhouse Brickworks (MNEMG collection), which is in a Hauterivian lagoonal mudstone in the Weald Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Clockhouse Brickworks (MNEMG collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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