Insecta - Odonata - Gomphaeschnidae
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell and H. Andrews. 1916. Dragon-flies from the English Oligocene. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 29:89-92
Belongs to Oligoaeschna according to A. Nel and G. Fleck 2014
See also Cockerell and Andrews 1916, Nel et al. 1994 and Wighton and Wilson 1986
Sister taxa: Oligoaeschna conjuncta, Oligoaeschna needhami, Oligoaeschna oligocenica, Oligoaeschna pryeri, Jagoria sinica
Type specimen: BMNH I.8649, a wing (coto-apical wing fragment). Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (Brodie coll), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Bouldnor Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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