Paleotauriphila marquesi Nel and Paicheler 1993 (common skimmer)

Insecta - Odonata - Libellulidae

Full reference: A. Nel and J. C. Paicheler. 1993. Les Libellulidae fossiles. Un inventaire critique (Odon., Anisoptera, Libelluloidea). Entomologica Gallica 4:166-190

Belongs to Paleotauriphila according to A. Nel and J. C. Paicheler 1993

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MNHN-LP-R.54377, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dauphin, Bois d'Asson (Henrotay coll.), which is in a Rupelian lacustrine horizon in France.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Dauphin, Bois d'Asson (Henrotay coll.)

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