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 mongolensis, Plesigomphaeschnaoides paleocenica
Type specimen: MNEMG 1996.223, a hindwing. Its type locality is Clockhouse Brickworks (MNEMG collection), which is in a Hauterivian lagoonal mudstone in the Weald Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Clockhouse Brickworks (MNEMG collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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