†Stenogomphus carletoni Scudder 1892 (green-eyed skimmer)
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Insecta - Odonata - Corduliidae
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1892. Some Insects of special interest from Florissant, Colorado and other points in the Tertiaries of Colorado and Utah. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 93:1-25
Belongs to Stenogomphus according to A. Nel and J. C. Paicheler 1994
See also Ris 1910 and Scudder 1892
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USGS 1146(1185), a forewing. Its type locality is Roan Mountain (Scudder Coll), which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large shale in the Green River Formation of Colorado.
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Roan Mountain (Scudder Coll)
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