†Petrolestes Cockerell 1927 (damselfly)
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Insecta - Odonata - Dysagrionidae
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1927. A new fossil dragonfly from the Eocene of Colorado. The Entomologist 60:81-82
Parent taxon: Petrolestinae according to S. B. Archibald et al. 2021
See also Carpenter 1992, Cockerell 1927, Garrouste and Nel 2015, Nel 1986, Nel and Paicheler 1994 and Zheng et al. 2016
Sister taxon: Congqingia
Subtaxa: Petrolestes hendersoni Petrolestes messelensis
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Germany (1 collection), United States (2: Colorado)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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