Oryctodiplax
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| Genus: | Oryctodiplax Cavallo & Galletti 1987
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Oryctodiplax is an extinct genus of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae.[1]
Fossils (mainly larvae) of these dragonflies have been found in the Miocene of Italy (age range: from 7.246 to 5.332 million years ago).[2]
The type species is Oryctodiplax gypsorum.[2] It was a species resistant to a highly saline environment, formed in the Mediterranean salinity crisis, occurred during the latest stage of the Miocene, with the isolation of the Mediterranean sea and its subsequent drying.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Encyclopedia of life
- ^ a b Fossilworks
- ^ Thomas SCHLÜTER, Rolf KOHRING and Hans-Jochen GREGOR Dragonflies preserved in transparent gypsum crystals from the Messinian (Upper Miocene) of Alba, northern Italy
- O. Cavallo and P. A. Galletti. 1987. Studi di Carlo Sturani du Odonati e altri insetti fossili del Messiniano albese (Piemonte) con descrizione di Oryctodiplax gypsorum n. gen., n. sp. (Odonata, Libellulidae). Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 26(1-2):151-176
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