Mesomantidion Tillyard 1916 (dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Mesomantidiidae

Full reference: R. J. Tillyard. 1916. Descriptions of the fossil Insects; Mesozoic and Tertiary Insects of Queensland and New South Wales. Descriptions of the fossil Insects and stratigraphical features. Queensland Geological Survey (253)11-70

Parent taxon: Mesomantidiidae according to P. A. Jell 2004

See also Tillyard 1916 and Tillyard 1923

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Mesomantidion queenslandicum

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Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Denmark Hill Insect Bed (Dunstan 1909 collection) (Triassic of Australia)

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