Caussanelia Nel et al. 1997 (common skimmer)

Insecta - Odonata - Libellulidae

Full reference: A. Nel, X. Martínez-Delclòs, F. Papier and J. Oudard. 1997. New Tertiary Fossil Odonata from France (Sieblosiidae, Lestidae, Coenagrionidae, Megapodagrionidae, Libellulidae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 44(2):231-258

Parent taxon: Libellulidae according to A. Nel et al. 1997

Sister taxa: Jeanlegrandia, Leucorrhininae, Libellula eusebioi, Libellula minuscula, Libellulinae, Miorhodopygia, Molertrum, Onychothemis, Oryctodiplax, Palaeolibellula, Pantaliinae, Pantalinae, Prorhyothemis, Sloveniatrum, Sympetrinae, Tetrathemistinae, Trithemistinae

Subtaxa: Caussanelia papaziani

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Type: Caussanelia papaziani

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Aix-en-Provence (Coll. Nel) (Oligocene of France)

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