†Zacallites balli Cockerell 1928 (damselfly)
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Insecta - Odonata - Zacallitidae
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1928. A remarkable new dragon-fly from the Eocene (Odonata). Entomological News 39(10):297-301
Belongs to Zacallites according to A. Nel and J. C. Paicheler 1993
See also Cockerell 1928 and Fraser 1940
Sister taxon: Zacallites cockerelli
Type specimen: A&M college Collection, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Brushy Creek Canyon, 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 Brushy Creek Canyon
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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