Karatawia shurabica Pritykina 1980 (dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Campterophlebiidae

Full reference: L. N. Pritykina. 1980. New dragonfly from the Lower Jurassic deposits of Central Asia. Fossil insects of the Mesozoic 119-133

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

See also Pritykina 1980

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

Type specimen: PIN 2068/55, a forewing. Its type locality is Sai-Sagul, Shurab III (PIN collection 2068), which is in a Toarcian lacustrine - small siliciclastic in the Sagul Formation of Kyrgyzstan.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Sai-Sagul, Shurab III (PIN collection 2068)

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