Insecta - Odonata - Liassogomphidae
Synonyms: Gomphites Handlirsch 1920, Gomphites (Palaeogomphus) Handlirsch 1939, Liassogomphus Cowley 1934, Palaeogomphus Handlirsch 1939, Palaeogomphus Cowley 1942 [objective synonym]
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: Liassogomphidae according to G. Bechly 2018
See also Ansorge 2004, Bode 1953, Carpenter 1992, Clapham 2023, Cowley 1934, Cowley 1942, Etter and Kuhn 2000, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1939, Nel et al. 1993 and Tillyard 1925
Sister taxa: Chrysogomphus, Elattogomphus, Necygomphus, Phthitogomphus, Proinogomphus
Subtaxa: Heterothemis brodiei
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Germany (8 collections), Luxembourg (1), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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