Insecta - Odonata - Liassophlebiidae
Full reference: R. J. Tillyard. 1925. The British Liassic Dragonflies. Fossil Insects, British Museum Natural History 1:1-40
Belongs to Liassophlebia according to R. S. Kelly and A. Nel 2018
See also Tillyard 1925 and Zeuner 1962
Sister taxa: Liassophlebia batheri, Liassophlebia pseudomagnifica, Liassophlebia westwoodi, Liassophlebia withersi
Type specimen: BMNH I 6684-I 10462, an exoskeleton (thorax, left foreleg, right hindwing & base of right forewing). Its type locality is Binton, Warwickshire (Tomes collection), which is in a Planorbis marine shale/limestone in the Blue Lias Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Binton, Warwickshire (Tomes collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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