Insecta - Odonata - Gomphaeschnidae
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 Plesigomphaeschnaoides according to G. Bechly et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Plesigomphaeschnaoides danica, Plesigomphaeschnaoides paleocenica, Plesigomphaeschnaoides pindelskii
Type specimen: PIN 3559/10201, a hindwing. Its type locality is Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559), which is in an Aptian lacustrine siliciclastic in the Dzun-Bain Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559)
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