Juragomphus Nel et al. 2001 (true dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Juragomphidae

Full reference: A. Nel, G. Bechly, X. Martinz-Delclos and G. Fleck. 2001. A new family of Anisoptera from the Upper Jurassic of Karatau in Kazakhstan (Insecta: Odonata: Juragomphidae n. fam). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 314:1-9

Parent taxon: Juragomphidae according to A. Nel et al. 2001

Sister taxon: Oxfordgomphus

Subtaxa: Juragomphus karatauensis

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Type: Juragomphus karatauensis

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2997) (Jurassic of Kazakhstan)

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