Alternative combinations: Aeshna petrificata, Gomphus petrificatus, Mesogomphus petrificatus
Full reference: H. A. Hagen. 1850. Énumération des odonates fossiles d'Europe, in Revue des odonates ou libellules d'Europe. Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège 6:356-364
Belongs to Necrogomphus according to A. Nel et al. 1998
See also Hagen 1850, Handlirsch 1906 and Kirby 1890
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NHM I 12779, a forewing (basal half of forewing). Its type locality is Dinton, Vale of Wardour, Middle Purbeck, which is in a Berriasian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal horizon in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom.
Distribution: found only at Dinton, Vale of Wardour, Middle Purbeck
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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