Campterophlebia

Campterophlebia is an extinct genus of prehistoric dragonflies in the family Campterophlebiidae. The species C. elegans is from the Jurassic (Lower Toarcian) Posidonia Shale of Germany. It is the largest Early Jurassic flying insect, with a wing over 7.31 cm length and 1.73 cm width.[2]

Campterophlebia
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Isophlebioptera
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Campterophlebiidae
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Campterophlebia

Bode, 1905[1]
Species

Campterophlebia elegans, Bode 1905

References

  1. A. Bode. 1905. Orthoptera und Neuroptera aus dem Oberen Lias von Braunschweig. Jahrbuch der Königlich Preussischen Geologischen Landesanstalt und Bergakademie zu Berlin 25:218-245
  2. Nel, A. N. D. R. É., Bechly, G. Ü. N. T. E. R., Delclòs, X. A. V. I. E. R., & Huang, D. Y. (2009). New and poorly known Mesozoic damsel-dragonflies (Odonata: Isophlebioidea: Campterophlebiidae, Isophlebiidae). Palaeodiversity, 2, 209-232.
  • "Campterophlebia" at the Encyclopedia of Life
  • "Campterophlebia". Fossilworks from the Paleobiology Database.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  • Campterophlebia at insectoid.info


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