Paraliupanshania britannica Bechly et al. 2001 (true dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Liupanshaniidae

Full reference: G. Bechly, A. Nel, X. Martínez-Declòs, E. A. Jarzembowski, R. Coram, D. Martill, G. Fleck, F. Escuillié, M. M. Wisshak and M. Maisch. 2001. A revision and phylogenetic study of Mesozoic Aeshnoptera, with description of numerous new taxa (Insecta: Odonata: Anisoptera). Neue Paläontologische Abhandlungen 4:1-219

Belongs to Paraliupanshania according to G. Bechly et al. 2001

Sister taxa: Paraliupanshania rohdendorfi, Paraliupanshania torvaldsi

Type specimen: BMBN 016388, a hindwing (distal half). Its type locality is Rudgwick Brickworks, Upper Weald Clay, which is in a Barremian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal horizon in the Weald Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Rudgwick Brickworks, Upper Weald Clay

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