Insecta - Odonata - Libellulidae
Full reference: O. Cavallo and P. A. Galletti. 1987. Studi di Carlo Sturani du Odonati e altri insetti fossili del Messiniano albese (Piemonte) con descrizione di Oryctodiplax gypsorum n. gen., n. sp. (Odonata, Libellulidae). Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 26(1-2):151-176
Belongs to Oryctodiplax according to T. Schlüter et al. 2003
See also Cavallo and Galletti 1987 and Nel and Paicheler 1993
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MCFEA G-594, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Alba, which is in a Messinian terrestrial horizon in Italy.
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Italy (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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