Arctotypus merifonsensis Nel et al. 2009 (griffinfly)

Insecta - Meganisoptera - Meganeuridae

Full reference: A. Nel, G. Fleck, R. Garrouste, G. Gand, J. Lapeyrie, S. M. Bybee, and J. Prokop. 2009. Revision of Permo-Carboniferous griffenflies (Insecta: Odonatoptera: Meganisoptera) based upon new species and redescription of selected poorly known taxa from Eurasia. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 289(4-6):89-121

Belongs to Arctotypus according to A. Nel et al. 2009

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

Type specimen: LdLAP 606A, a forewing. Its type locality is F41, Le Mourrel, Lodève basin, which is in a Kungurian pond claystone/siltstone in the Salagou Formation of France.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at F41, Le Mourrel, Lodève basin

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