Anglopetalura Coram and Nel 2009 (true dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Cretapetaluridae

Full reference: R. A. Coram and A. Nel. 2009. A new petalurid dragonfly from the Lower Cretaceous of southern England (Odonata: Petalurida: ? Cretapetaluridae). Palaeodiversity 2:205-208

Parent taxon: Cretapetaluridae according to R. A. Coram and A. Nel 2009

Sister taxa: Cratopetalura, Cretapetalura, Eotanypteryx

Subtaxa: Anglopetalura magnifica

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Type: Anglopetalura magnifica

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Durlston Bay, Bed DB175, Swanage (MNEMG collection) (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

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