Dorsettia Whalley 1985 (dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Campterophlebiidae

Full reference: P. E. S. Whalley. 1985. The systematics and palaeogeography of the Lower Jurassic insects of Dorset, England. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 39(3):107-189

Parent taxon: Campterophlebiidae according to D. R. Zheng et al. 2016

See also Nel et al. 1993 and Whalley 1985

Sister taxa: Adelophlebia, Amnifleckia, Angaroneura, Angustiphlebia, Archithemis liassina, Azarphlebia, Bathmophlebia, Bellabrunetia, Campterophlebia, Ctenogampsophlebia, Gallodorsettia, Gampsophlebia, Honghea, Hsiufua, Hypsophlebia, Hypsothemis, Junfengi, Jurassophlebia, Karatawia, Lateophlebia, Melanohypsa, Olonkia, Oreophlebia, Oshinia, Parabrunetia, Parafleckium, Parasinitsia, Parazygokaratawia, Petrophlebia, Pritykinia, Pternopteron, Qibinlina, Sagulia, Sarytashia, Sibirioneura, Sinitsia, Sinokaratawia, Sogdophlebia, Xanthohypsa, Zygokaratawia, Hypsomelana

Subtaxa: Dorsettia laeta Dorsettia sinica

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Type: Dorsettia laeta

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of China (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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