Insecta - Odonata - Aeschnidiidae

Alternative combinations: Aeschna gigantea, Aeschnidium giganteum, Anax gigantea, Anax giganteus, Estemoa gigantea, Petalura gigantea

Synonyms: Petalura eximia Hagen 1862, Petalura latialata Hagen 1862 [objective synonym], Urogomphus eximius Hagen 1862

Full reference: E. F. Germar. 1839. Die versteinerten Insecten Solenhofens. Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum 19(1):187-222

Belongs to Urogomphus according to G. Bechly 1998

See also Carpenter 1932, Deichmüller 1886, Fleck and Nel 2003, Germar 1839, Hagen 1848, Hagen 1850, Hagen 1862, Handlirsch 1906, Kirby 1890, Nel and Martínez-Delclòs 1993 and Schweigert et al. 1996

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

• Urogomphus giganteus: BSPGM AS VII 791, an exoskeleton (complete female). Its type locality is Solnhofen (BSPGM Munich coll), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.
• Petalura eximia: Its type locality is Solnhofen (BSPGM Munich coll), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.
• Petalura latialata:

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