†Anglopetalura magnifica Coram and Nel 2009 (true dragonfly)
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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
Belongs to Anglopetalura according to R. A. Coram and A. Nel 2009
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MNEMG 2009.68, a hindwing (male hindwings). Its type locality is Durlston Bay, Bed DB175, Swanage (MNEMG collection), which is in a Berriasian lagoonal siliciclastic in the Durlston Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Durlston Bay, Bed DB175, Swanage (MNEMG collection)
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