Amblyopteron Pritykina 1980 (dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Asiopteridae

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

Parent taxon: Oreopteridae according to A. Nel et al. 1993

See also Carpenter 1992 and Pritykina 1980

Sister taxa: Asiopteron, Chrismooreia, Oreopterella, Oreopteron, Turanopteron, Pauropteron, Sogdopteron

Subtaxa: Amblyopteron breve

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Type: Amblyopteron breve

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Sai-Sagul, Shurab III (PIN collection 2389) (Jurassic of Kyrgyzstan)

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