Proinogomphus kreuzerorum Bechly 2018 (dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Liassogomphidae

Full reference: G. Bechly. 2018. First record and a new species of the fossil dragonfly genus Proinogomphus (Odonata: Liassogomphidae) from the Early Jurassic of Bascharage in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Zootaxa 4450:108-114

Belongs to Proinogomphus according to G. Bechly 2018

Sister taxon: Proinogomphus bodei

Type specimen: SMNS 67854, a hindwing. Its type locality is Bascharage (SMNS collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore limestone in Luxembourg.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Bascharage (SMNS collection)

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