Oryctodiplax gypsorum Cavallo and Galletti 1987 (common skimmer)

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

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