Insecta - Odonata - Mesuropetalidae
Synonym: Morbaeschna Needham 1907
Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 1-640
Parent taxon: Mesuropetalidae according to G. Bechly et al. 2001
See also Carpenter 1992, Handlirsch 1906, Needham 1907, Nel et al. 1998, Nel et al. 1994 and Ponomarenko 1985
Sister taxa: Aeschnopsis, Paraeschnopsis, Sinomesuropetala
Subtaxa: Mesuropetala auliensis Mesuropetala costalis Mesuropetala magna Mesuropetala muensteri Mesuropetala schmiedeli
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Germany (11), Kazakhstan (1)
Total: 13 collections including 18 occurrences
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