Insecta - Odonata - Gomphaeschnidae
Full reference: J. Prokop and A. Nel. 2002. New Tertiary dragonflies from Lower Oligocene of the České středohoři Mts and Lower Miocene of the Most Basin in the Czech Republic (Odonata: Anisoptera). Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae 66:141-150
Belongs to Gomphaeschna according to J. Prokop and A. Nel 2002
Sister taxa: Gomphaeschna carinthiae, Gomphaeschna inferna, Gomphaeschna schrankii, Gomphaeschna sibirica
Type specimen: ZD0184, a forewing. Its type locality is Bilina mine, Bílina (Clayey Superseam horizon), which is in a MN 3 lacustrine - small claystone in the Most Formation of Czechia.
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Bilina mine, Bílina (Clayey Superseam horizon)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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