Protamphipteryx basalis 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

Belongs to Protamphipteryx according to A. Nel and J. C. Paicheler 1993

See also Cockerell 1921

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 66550, a wing. Its type locality is Green River (Scudder Collection), which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large diatomite/shale in the Green River Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Green River (Scudder Collection)

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