Protamphipteryx Cockerell 1921 (damselfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Amphipterygidae

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: Amphipteryginae according to A. Nel and J. C. Paicheler 1993

See also Carpenter 1992 and Cockerell 1921

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Protamphipteryx basalis

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Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

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

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