Alternative combination: Oplonaeschna lapidaria
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell and H. Counts. 1913. Taxonomic names, in Two new fossil insects from Florissant, Colorado with a discussion of the venation of the aeshnine dragonflies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 45:577-578
Belongs to Oligaeschna according to A. Nel et al. 1994
See also Cockerell and Counts 1913 and Wighton and Wilson 1986
Sister taxa: Oligaeschna ashutasica, Oligaeschna bulgariensis, Oligaeschna jungi, Oligaeschna kvaceki, Oligaeschna palaeocoerulea, Oligaeschna saurai, Oligaeschna separata, Oligaeschna sinica, Oligaeschna wedmanni
Type specimen: USNM 59922, a hindwing (incomplete hindwing). Its type locality is Florissant, Station 13B, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Florissant, Station 13B
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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