†Mesuropetala auliensis Pritykina 1968 (true dragonfly)
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Insecta - Odonata - Mesuropetalidae
Full reference: L. N. Pritykina. 1968. Strekozy Karatau (Odonata). Yurskoy Nasekomiye Karatau 26-54
Belongs to Mesuropetala according to G. Bechly et al. 2001
See also Nel et al. 1998 and Pritykina 1968
Sister taxa: Mesuropetala costalis, Mesuropetala magna, Mesuropetala muensteri, Mesuropetala schmiedeli
Type specimen: PIN 2239/21, a hindwing (female hindwing). Its type locality is Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2239), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2239)
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