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:	†Isophlebioptera
Family:	†Campterophlebiidae
Genus:	†Campterophlebia; Bode, 1905[1]
Species
	†Campterophlebia elegans, Bode 1905

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