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†subfamily Cordulagomphinae Carle and Wighton 1990 (true dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Proterogomphidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 175159

Full reference: F. L. Carle and D. C. Wighton. 1990. Insects from the Santana Formation, Lower Cretaceous, of Brazil. Chapter 3: Odonata. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 195:51-68

Parent taxon: Proterogomphidae according to G. Bechly 2010

Sister taxa: Lingomphus, Proterogomphus

Subtaxa: Cordulagomphus, Cratogomphus, Liaoninglanthus, Paracordulagomphus, Pauciphlebia

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Type: Cordulagomphus

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore