Caraphlebia

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, Grahamelytron crofti and Ademosynoides Antarctica, both from a Jurassic deposit on Mount Flora Formation. Caraphlebia is related to the genus Liassophlebia, but the hind wing has several weak antenodals in addition to the two strong, primary ones.[1]

Caraphlebia
Temporal range: Early Jurassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Odonata
Superfamily:
†Isophlebioidea
Genus:
†Caraphlebia

Carpenter, 1969
Species:
†C. antarctica
Binomial name
†Caraphlebia antarctica
Carpenter, 1969

References
  1. 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. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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