†Archithemis Handlirsch 1906 (dragonfly)
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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
Type: Archithemis brodiei
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection) (Jurassic of Germany)
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