Triassolestes epiophlebioides Tillyard 1918 (dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Triassolestidae

Full reference: R. J. Tillyard. 1918. Mesozoic Insects of Queensland. No. 3 Odonata and Protodonata. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 43:417-436

Belongs to Triassolestes according to A. Nel et al. 2002

See also Bechly 1997, Tillyard 1918 and Tillyard 1923

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: GSQI205, a wing (greater part of basal half). Its type locality is Denmark Hill Insect Bed (Dunstan 1915-1916 collection), which is in a Norian pond siltstone in the Blackstone Formation of Australia.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Denmark Hill Insect Bed (Dunstan 1915-1916 collection)

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