Caraphlebia
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| Genus: | †Caraphlebia Carpenter, 1969
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| Species: | †C. antarctica
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Caraphlebia is an extinct genus of dragonflies, known from the Early Jurassic of Antarctica. It is one of the only named fossil insects from Antarctica that have been formally described; others include two beetles, Grahamelytron crofti and Ademosynoides antarctica, both from a Jurassic deposit on Mount Flora Formation. Caraphlebia is related to the genus Liassophlebia, but the hind wing has several weak antipodals in addition to the two strong, primary ones.[1] In 2018, Caraphlebia was confirmed to be placed in the family Selenothemistidae in 2018.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Carpenter, Frank M. (1969). "Fossil Insects From Antarctica". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 76 (4): 418–425. doi:10.1155/1969/17070. ISSN 0033-2615.
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- ^ Kelly, R. S.; Nel, A. (2018). "Revision of some damsel-dragonflies (Odonata, Liassophlebiidae and Anglophlebiidae new family) from the Triassic/Jurassic of England and Antarctica". Journal of Paleontology. 92: 1035–1048. doi:10.1017/jpa.2018.32.
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