Austrolibellula Petrulevičius and Nel 2003 (true dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata

Full reference: J. F. Petrulevičius and A. Nel. 2003. A new libelluloid dragonfly (Insecta: Odonata: Italoansida) from the late Paleocene of Argentina. Geobios 36:401-406

Parent taxon: Italoansida according to J. F. Petrulevičius and A. Nel 2003

Sister taxa: Anauriculida, Jujusia, Urothemistidae

Subtaxa: Austrolibellula noroestenia

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Type: Austrolibellula noroestenia

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at El Fuerte (Paleocene of Argentina)

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