Priscogomphus Schumann 1967 (clubtail dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Gomphidae

Full reference: H. Schumann. 1967. Fossile Libellen (Odonata) aus dem Oberpliozän am westlichen Harzrand. Bericht der Naturhistorischen Gesellschaft zu Hannover 111:31-45

Parent taxon: Gomphini according to A. Nel and J. C. Paicheler 1994

See also Schumann 1967

Sister taxon: Gomphus

Subtaxa: Priscogomphus subhercynicus

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Type: Priscogomphus subhercynicus

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Willershausen clay pit (GZG collection) (Pliocene of Germany)

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