†Palaeophya argentina Petrulevičius and Nel 2009 (true dragonfly)
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Insecta - Odonata - Cordulephyidae
Full reference: J. F. Petrulevičius and A. Nel. 2009. First Cordulephyidae dragonfly in America: A new genus and species from the Paleogene of Argentina (Insecta: Odonata). Comptes Rendus Palevol 8:385-388
Belongs to Palaeophya according to J. F. Petrulevičius and A. Nel 2009
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MLP 29426, a hindwing (fragment). Its type locality is El Fuerte, which is in a Paleocene lacustrine - small shale in the Maíz Gordo Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at El Fuerte
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