Insecta - Odonata - Dysagrionidae
Full reference: S. B. Archibald and R. A. Cannings. 2024. Three new Odonata species (cf. Cephalozygoptera and cf. Dysagrionidae) from the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands of British Columbia, Canada, and Washington, United States of America. The Canadian Entomologist 156(e35):1-9
Parent taxon: Dysagrionidae according to J. L. Ware et al. 2025
See also Archibald and Cannings 2024
Sister taxa: Allenbya, Dysagrioninae, Dysagrionites, Menatagrion, Petrolestinae, Stenodiafanus, Thanetophilosina, Valerea
Subtaxa: Paradysagrion sosbyae
Type: Paradysagrion sosbyae
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Republic, locality B4131 (Eocene of Washington)
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