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 auliensis, Mesuropetala magna, Mesuropetala muensteri, Mesuropetala schmiedeli

Type specimen: PIN 2239/20, a forewing. 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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