Oryctothemis hageni Handlirsch 1906 (dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata

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

Belongs to Oryctothemis according to A. Nel et al. 1993

See also Cowley 1942, Handlirsch 1906 and Tillyard 1925

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, which is in a Rhaetian marine limestone in the Insect Bed Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

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