†Archithemis brodiei Handlirsch 1906 (dragonfly)
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Insecta - Odonata - Archithemistidae
Alternative combination: Libellula (Aeschna) brodiei
Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 1-640
Belongs to Archithemis according to R. S. Kelly and A. Nel 2018
See also Geinitz 1884 and Handlirsch 1906
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: WARMS G 8079, a hindwing. Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany.
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection)
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