Insecta - Odonata - Liassogomphidae
Alternative combinations: Aeschna (Gomphus) brodiei, Aeschna brodiei, Gomphites brodiei, Gomphoides brodiei, Gomphus brodiei, Liassogomphus brodiei, Libellula brodiei
Synonyms: Gomphites (Palaeogomphus) paeneparallelus Bode 1953, Gomphites (Palaeogomphus) propinquus Bode 1905, Heterophlebia propinqua Bode 1905, Heterothemis germanica Handlirsch 1906, Palaeogomphus propinquus Bode 1905
Full reference: P. B. Brodie. 1845. A History of the Fossil Insects in the Secondary Rocks of England Accompanied by a Particular Account of the Strata in which they Occur, and of the Circumstances Connected with their Preservation 1-130
Belongs to Heterothemis according to J. Ansorge 2004
See also Ansorge 2003, Bode 1905, Bode 1953, Brodie 1845, Buckman 1843, Cowley 1934, Cowley 1942, Etter and Kuhn 2000, Hagen 1848, Hagen 1850, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1939, Kirby 1890, Nel et al. 1993, Selys-Longchamps 1850 and Tillyard 1925
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Heterothemis brodiei: BMNH I 3552, a hindwing (complete left hindwing). Its type locality is Alderton Hill (Brodie collection), which is in a Falciferum marine limestone in the Whitby Mudstone Formation of the United Kingdom.
- Gomphites (Palaeogomphus) paeneparallelus:
- Heterophlebia propinqua: Its type locality is Beienrode, which is in a Toarcian offshore mudstone in the Posidonia Shale Formation of Germany.
- Heterothemis germanica: Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany.
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Germany (8 collections), Luxembourg (1), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (5)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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