Tauropteryx krassilovi Pritykina 1993 (small darner)

Insecta - Odonata - Aeschnidiidae

Full reference: L. N. Pritykina. 1993. First dragonflies (Odonata; Aeschnidiidae) from the Cenomanian of Crimea. Paleontological Journal 27(1A):179-181

Belongs to Tauropteryx according to L. N. Pritykina 1993

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIN 4469/1, a forewing (Fragment). Its type locality is Northern slope of Sel'bukhra (PIN collection 4469), which is in a Cenomanian marine marl in Ukraine.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Northern slope of Sel'bukhra (PIN collection 4469)

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