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 are two Beetles, crofti and Antarctica, both from a Jurassic deposit on . Caraphlebia is related to the genus , but the hind wing has several weak antenodals in addition to the two strong, primary ones.[1]
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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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Categories:
- Early Jurassic insects
- Prehistoric Odonata genera
- Extinct animals of Antarctica
- Taxa named by Frank M. Carpenter
- Prehistoric insect stubs
- Jurassic animal stubs