Oreodysagrion Bechly et al. 2020 (damselfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Eodysagrionidae

Full reference: G. Bechly, R. Garrouste, J. A. Karr, L. Grande, and A. Nel. 2020. The damselfly palaeofauna from the Eocene of Wyoming and Colorado, USA (Insecta, Odonata, Zygoptera). Papers in Palaeontology 7:1373-1402

Parent taxon: Eodysagrionidae according to J. L. Ware et al. 2025

See also Bechly et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Eodysagrion, Tynskysagrion

Subtaxa: Oreodysagrion tenebris

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Type: Oreodysagrion tenebris

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Green River (USNM Collection) (Eocene of Colorado)

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