Gondvanogomphus bartheli Schlüter and Hartung 1982 (dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Gondvanogomphidae

Full reference: T. Schlüter and M. Hartung. 1982. Aegyptidium aburasiensis gen. nov, spec. nov. (Aeschnidiidae) und Gondvanogomphus bartheli gen. nov, spec. nov. (Gomphidae) aus mutmasslicher Unterkreide Südwest-Ägyptens (Anisoptera). Odonatologica 11(4):297-307

Belongs to Gondvanogomphus according to T. Schlüter and M. Hartung 1982

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Go UK ARP I, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is North Abu Ras Plateau to Saad Plateau, which is in an Aptian paralic mudstone in the Abu Ballas Formation of Egypt.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at North Abu Ras Plateau to Saad Plateau

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