†Protothore Cockerell 1930 (damselfly)
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Alternative spelling: Prothotore
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1930. A Fossil Dragon-fly from California (Odonata: Calopterygidae). Entomological News 41:49-50
Parent taxon: Calopterygoidea according to A. Nel and J. C. Paicheler 1993
See also Carpenter 1992 and Cockerell 1930
Sister taxa: Calopterygidae, Chlorocyphidae, Euphaeidae, Hypolestidae, Polythoridae
Subtaxa: Protothore explicata
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Phillips sawmill (Eocene of California)
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