A new libelluloid family from the Eocene Green River Formation (Colorado, USA) (Odonata, Anisoptera)
Author
Zeiri, Asma
Author
Nel, Andre
Author
Garrouste, Romain
text
Zootaxa
2015
4032
3
290
296
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4032.3.4
dfc837d7-f020-4fa6-b4a4-e0fcbbb353ff
1175-5326
238343
EC2FE508-40E1-4464-868D-E2ED0BC56960
Genus
Urolibellula
gen. n.
Type
species.
Urolibellula eocenica
sp. n.
Etymology
. Named after the two genus names
Urothemis
and
Libellula
, for the position of this fossil as sister group of the
Libellulidae
, close to the
Urothemistidae
. Gender feminine.
Diagnosis
.
As
for the family.