Clade Libellulida Bechly 1996 (true dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata

Full reference: G. Bechly. 1996. Morphologische Untersuchungen am Flügelgeäder der rezenten Libellen und deren Stammgruppenvertreter (Insecta; Pterygota; Odonata) unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der phylogenetischen Systematik und des Grundplanes der Odonata. Petalura, Special-Volume 2:1-402

Parent taxon: Anauriculida according to G. Bechly 2007

Sister taxa: Bolcacorduliidae, Palaeomacromiidae

Subtaxa: Libellulidae

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Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of France (1 collection)

• Blancan of United States (1: Texas)

• Pliocene of India (1), United States (1: California)

• Miocene of Austria (1), Croatia (2), the Czech Republic (4), France (2), Germany (4), Italy (5), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), Slovenia (1), Spain (3), Turkey (1), Ukraine (1), United States (5: California)

• Oligocene of France (12), Germany (4)

• Eocene of Denmark (1), United States (2: Colorado, Wyoming)

• Cretaceous of Kazakhstan (1)

Total: 55 collections including 88 occurrences

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