Zacallites
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Zacallitidae Cockerell, 1928[1] |
| Genus: | Zacallites Cockerell, 1928 |
Zacallites is a genus of extinct damselflies in the family Zacallitidae. The genus was created for the species Zacallites balli from the Eocene Green River Formation of Colorado.[2] Another species Zacallites cockerelli was also described from the same area in 2020.[3]
References
- ^ "The Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 2007-10-01. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
- ^ Fraser, Lt.-Col. F. C. (2009). "A Note on the Classification of Zacallites Balli Cockerell (Upper Eocene) (Order Odonata)". Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London. Series B, Taxonomy. 9 (4): 62–64. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1940.tb00346.x.
- ^ Bechly, Günter; Garrouste, Romain; Aase, Arvid; Karr, Jered A.; Grande, Lance; Nel, André (2020). "The damselfly palaeofauna from the Eocene of Wyoming and Colorado, USA (Insecta, Odonata, Zygoptera)". Papers in Palaeontology. 7 (3): 1373–1402. doi:10.1002/spp2.1346. S2CID 229441628.