Karatawia turanica Martynov 1925 (dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Campterophlebiidae

Full reference: A. V. Martynov. 1925. To the knowledge of fossil insects from Jurassic beds in Turkestan. 2. Raphidioptera (continued), Orthoptera (s. l. ), Odonata, Neuroptera. Izvestiya Akademii Nauk 19(12-15):569-598

Belongs to Karatawia according to A. Nel et al. 1993

See also Martynov 1925

Sister taxa: Karatawia mongolica, Karatawia shurabica, Karatawia sibirica, Karatawia sinica

Type specimen: PIN 1775/10, a forewing. Its type locality is Karatau-Galkino (PIN collection 2452), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Karatau-Galkino (PIN collection 2452)

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