Archithemis Handlirsch 1906 (dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Archithemistidae

Synonym: Diastatommites Tillyard 1925

Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 1-640

Parent taxon: Archithemistidae according to R. S. Kelly and A. Nel 2018

See also Bechly 2007, Carpenter 1992, Cowley 1942, Handlirsch 1906, Martynov 1925, Nel et al. 1993, Tillyard 1925 and Zeuner 1962

Sister taxa: Archithemitinae, Diastatommitinae

Subtaxa: Archithemis brodiei

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Type: Archithemis brodiei

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection) (Jurassic of Germany)

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