Saxomyrmeleon Nel and Jarzembowski 1998 (winged insect)

Insecta - Dicondylia - Protomyrmeleontidae

Full reference: A. Nel and E. A. Jarzembowski. 1998. New protomyrmeleontid dragonflies from the Lower Cretaceous of southern England (Insecta, Odonata, Archizygoptera). Cretaceous Research 19:393-402

Parent taxon: Protomyrmeleontinae according to I. Deregnaucourt et al. 2019

See also Nel and Jarzembowski 1998

Sister taxa: Ferganagrion, Italomyrmeleon, Malmomyrmeleon, Mongolagrion, Obotritagrion, Paraobotritagrion, Protomyrmeleon, Tillyardomyrmeleon

Subtaxa: Saxomyrmeleon keatingei

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Type: Saxomyrmeleon keatingei

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Old road cutting, Teffont Evias, Vale of Wardour (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

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