Eocalopteryx Cockerell 1921 (damselfly)

Insecta - Odonata

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1921. Eocene Insects from the Rocky Mountains. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 57:233-260

Parent taxon: Calopterygida according to G. Bechly et al. 2020

See also Carpenter 1992, Cockerell 1921 and Nel and Paicheler 1993

Sister taxon: Carleidae

Subtaxa: Eocalopteryx atavina

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Type: Eocalopteryx atavina

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Green River (Scudder Collection) (Eocene of Wyoming)

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