Sympetrum Newman 1833 (common skimmer)
Insecta - Odonata - Libellulidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 281210
Parent taxon: Sympetrinae according to A. Nel and J. C. Paicheler 1993
Sister taxon: Deielia
Subtaxa: Sympetrum bigoti, Sympetrum cantalensis, Sympetrum elongatum, Sympetrum italicum, Sympetrum krzeminskii, Sympetrum marinum
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore