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Cordulagomphus

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Odonata
Cordulagomphus
Temporal range: Barremian-Aptian,
~125.77–113 Ma
A fossil of Cordulagomphus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: †Proterogomphidae
Genus: †Cordulagomphus
Carle & Wighton, 1990
Type species
†Cordulagomphus tuberculatus
Carle & Wighton, 1990
Other species
  • †C. europaeus
    Vernoux et al., 2010
  • †C. fenestratus
    Carle & Wighton, 1990
  • †C. hanneloreae
    Bechly, 2007
  • †C. michaeli
    Bechly, 2007
  • †C. primaerensis
    Petrulevicius & Martins-Neto, 2007
  • †C. senckenbergi
    Bechly, 1998
  • †C. winkelhoferi
    Bechly, 2007
  • †C. xavieri
    Nel & Escuillé, 1994

Cordulagomphus is an extinct genus of dragonflies from the Early Cretaceous. It contains nine species; most are from the Crato Formation of Brazil, though C. europaeus is from the Weald Clay of England.[1] C. xavieri, C. senckenbergi, C. primaerensis, and C. michaeli are classified in subgenus Procordulagomphus.[2][3] Caririlabia santanensis was originally described as a species of Cordulagomphus.[4]

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