Protomyrmeleon anglicanus Tillyard 1925

Insecta - Dicondylia - Protomyrmeleontidae

Alternative combinations: Protomyrmeleon (Tillyardagrion) anglicanus, Tillyardagrion anglicanus

Full reference: R. J. Tillyard. 1925. The British Liassic Dragonflies. Fossil Insects, British Museum Natural History 1:1-40

Belongs to Protomyrmeleon according to A. Nel and M. Henrotay 1992

See also Martynov 1927, Tillyard 1925 and Zessin 1991

Sister taxa: Protomyrmeleon angustovenosus, Protomyrmeleon brunonis, Protomyrmeleon cretacicus, Protomyrmeleon grandis, Protomyrmeleon grasselensis, Protomyrmeleon handlirschi, Protomyrmeleon jurassicus, Protomyrmeleon karatauensis, Protomyrmeleon kazakhstanensis, Protomyrmeleon pascholdi, Protomyrmeleon pumilio, Protomyrmeleon quadriordinum

Type specimen: BMNH I 10662, a wing (distal portion of left wing). Its type locality is Wainlode Cliff (Brodie collection), which is in a Rhaetian marine sandstone in the United Kingdom.

Distribution: found only at Wainlode Cliff (Brodie collection)

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