Insecta - Odonata - Selenothemistidae

Full reference: F. M. Carpenter. 1969. Fossil insects from Antarctica. Psyche 76:418-425

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

See also Carpenter 1969, Carpenter 1992, Huang et al. 2018 and Nel et al. 1993

Sister taxa: Dialothemis, Jurathemis, Paraliassophlebia, Selenothemis, Sinothemis, Turanothemis

Subtaxa: Caraphlebia antarctica

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Type: Caraphlebia antarctica

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Carapace Nunatak (Jurassic of Antarctica)

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