†Dorsettia laeta Whalley 1985 (dragonfly)
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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
Belongs to Dorsettia according to P. E. S. Whalley 1985
Sister taxon: Dorsettia sinica
Type specimen: BMNH In 59375, a hindwing (fragment of male hindwing). Its type locality is Flatstones, Stonebarrow, Charmouth (Jackson collection), which is in an Obtusum marine mudstone in the United Kingdom.
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Flatstones, Stonebarrow, Charmouth (Jackson collection)
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