Cordulagomphus is an extinct genus of dragonflies from the Cretaceous period.[1][2]
Cordulagomphus Temporal range: Cretaceous
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Cordulagomphus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
Family: | †Proterogomphidae |
Genus: | †Cordulagomphus Carle & Wighton 1990 |
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See also
edit- List of prehistoric insects
References
edit- ^ Petrulevičius, J.F.; et al. (2012). "Full description of Cordulagomphus primaerensis from Santana Formation (Lower Cretaceous of Brazil) (Odonata: Aeshnoptera: Proterogomphidae)". Zootaxa. 3503: 55–60. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3503.1.4. hdl:11336/198322.
- ^ Bechly, G. (2007). "Odonata: damselflies and dragonflies|, pp. 184–222 in The Crato Fossil Beds of Brazil: Window into an Ancient World. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 113946776X.
External links
edit- Media related to Cordulagomphus at Wikimedia Commons
- "Cordulagomphus" at the Encyclopedia of Life