Priscogomphus subhercynicus 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

Belongs to Priscogomphus according to A. Nel and J. C. Paicheler 1994

See also Schumann 1967

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: GZG 8798, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Willershausen clay pit (GZG collection), which is in a Piacenzian pond marl in Germany.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

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

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