Aktassia pritykinae Nel et al. 1998 (true dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Aktassiidae

Full reference: A. Nel, G. Bechly, E. Jarzembowski and X. Martínez-Delclòs. 1998. A revision of the fossil petalurid dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata: Anisoptera: Petalurida). Paleontologia Lombarda 10:1-68

Belongs to Aktassia according to A. Nel et al. 1998

Sister taxon: Aktassia magna

Type specimen: PIN 3664/471, a wing (apical fragments of fore & hindwing). Its type locality is Shin-Khuduk (outcrop 119 layer 3d), which is in an Aptian lacustrine sandstone/marl in the Shinekhudag Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Shin-Khuduk (outcrop 119 layer 3d)

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.