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 merifonsensis, Arctotypus sinuatus, Arctotypus sylvaensis
Type specimen: LdLAP 569, an exoskeleton (Four basal abdominal segments & a hindwing). 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:
• Permian of France (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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