Miopetalura shanwangica Zhang 1989 (clubtail dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Gomphidae

Full reference: J. F. Zhang. 1989. Fossil Insects From Shanwang, Shandong, China 1-459

Belongs to Miopetalura according to A. Nel et al. 1998

See also Zhang 1989

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: 820013, an exoskeleton (3 wings attached to thorax). Its type locality is Shanwang, Linqu County, collection 3, which is in a Burdigalian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Shanwang Formation of China.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Shanwang, Linqu County, collection 3

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