Insecta - Odonata - Gomphidae

Full reference: S. B. Archibald and R. A. Cannings. 2019. Fossil dragonflies (Odonata: Anisoptera)from the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands, western North America. The Canadian Entomologist 151:783-816

Parent taxon: Gomphidae according to S. B. Archibald and R. A. Cannings 2019

Sister taxa: Aeschna perampla, Austrogomphinae, Diastatomma, Erpetogomphus, Gomphidae, Gomphinae, Gomphoides occulta, Huaxiagomphus, Ilerdaegomphus, Jibeigomphus, Lanthus wuluogongensis, Libellula valga, Lindeniinae, Liogomphus, Lithogomphus, Octogomphinae, Pheugothemis, Sieboldius

Subtaxa: Auroradraco eos

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Type: Auroradraco eos

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at McAbee (University College of the Cariboo TRU coll) (Eocene of British Columbia)

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