Celithemis cantalensis Nel et al. 1996 (common skimmer)

Insecta - Odonata - Libellulidae

Full reference: A. Nel, A. Arillo, and X. Martínez-Delclòs. 1996. New fossil Odonata (Insecta) from the upper Miocene of France and Spain (Anisoptera and Zygoptera). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 199:167-219

Belongs to Celithemis according to A. Nel et al. 1996

Sister taxon: Celithemis zavattinii

Type specimen: MNHN-LP-R.10445, a hindwing. Its type locality is Sainte-Reine, Foufouilloux outcrop (MNHN collection), which is in a Messinian crater lake marl in France.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Sainte-Reine, Foufouilloux outcrop (MNHN collection)

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