Insecta - Odonata - Dysagrionidae
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1908. Fossil Insects from Florissant, Colorado. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24:59-69
Belongs to Phenacolestes according to S. B. Archibald et al. 2021
See also Calvert 1913, Cockerell 1908 and Nel and Paicheler 1994
Sister taxa: Phenacolestes coloratus, Phenacolestes parallelus
Type specimen: AMNH 34871, a wing. Its type locality is Florissant, Station 14, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (4: Colorado collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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