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 Sympetrum according to A. Nel et al. 1996
Sister taxa: Sympetrum bigoti, Sympetrum elongatum, Sympetrum italicum, Sympetrum krzeminskii, Sympetrum marinum
Type specimen: MNHN-LP-R.10446, an exoskeleton. 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)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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