Campterophlebia

Campterophlebia; Temporal range: 183.0–174.1 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Epiprocta
Infraorder:	†
Family:	†
Genus:	†Campterophlebia; Bode, 1905
Species
	†Campterophlebia elegans, Bode 1905

Campterophlebia is an extinct genus of prehistoric dragonflies in the family . 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]

References[]

^ 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
^ 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.

External links[]

"Campterophlebia" at the Encyclopedia of Life
Campterophlebia at fossilworks.org
Campterophlebia at insectoid.info

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[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.

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