Arctotypus sinuatus Martynov 1932 (griffinfly)

Insecta - Meganisoptera - Meganeuridae

Full reference: A. V. Martynov. 1932. New Permian Palaeoptera with the discussion of some problems of their evolution. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 1:1-44

Belongs to Arctotypus according to C. Brauckmann and W. Zessin 1989

See also Nel et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Arctotypus carbonicus, Arctotypus diluculum, Arctotypus fortis, Arctotypus gallicus, Arctotypus giganteus, Arctotypus intermedius, Arctotypus merifonsensis, Arctotypus sylvaensis

Type specimen: PIN 2334/5, a hindwing (Hindwing). Its type locality is Soyana (PIN collection 2334), which is in a Roadian lagoonal sandstone in the Iva-Gora Beds Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Permian of the Russian Federation (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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