Urolibellula Zeiri et al. 2015 (true dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Urolibellulidae

Full reference: A. Zeiri, A. Nel, and R. Garrouste. 2015. A new libelluloid family from the Eocene Green River Formation (Colorado, USA) (Odonata, Anisoptera). Zootaxa 4032:290-296

Parent taxon: Urolibellulidae according to A. Zeiri et al. 2015

Sister taxon: Kohlslibellula

Subtaxa: Urolibellula eocenica

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Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Wighton, Garfield County (Eocene of Colorado)

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