Insecta - Odonata - Mesuropetalidae
Synonyms: Aeschnopsis Cowley 1942 [objective synonym], Cymatophlebiopsis Handlirsch 1939, Cymatophlebiopsis Cowley 1942 [objective synonym]
Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1939. Neue Untersuchungen über die fossilen Insekten mit Ergänzungen und Nachträgen sowie Ausblicken auf phylogenetische, palaeogeographische und allgemein biologische Probleme. II Teil. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 49:1-240
Parent taxon: Mesuropetalidae according to G. Bechly et al. 2001
See also Carpenter 1992, Clapham 2023, Cowley 1942 and Nel et al. 1998
Sister taxa: Mesuropetala, Paraeschnopsis, Sinomesuropetala
Subtaxa: Aeschnopsis jurassica Aeschnopsis perampla Aeschnopsis perkinsi Aeschnopsis tischlingeri
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (3 collections)
• Jurassic of Germany (2)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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