Protothore explicata Cockerell 1930 (damselfly)

Insecta - Odonata

Alternative combination: Prothotore explicata

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1930. A Fossil Dragon-fly from California (Odonata: Calopterygidae). Entomological News 41:49-50

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

See also Cockerell 1930

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Phillips sawmill, which is in a Bartonian mire/swamp shale in the Montgomery Creek Formation of California

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Phillips sawmill

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