Petrothemis Handlirsch 1906 (dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata

Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 1-640

Parent taxon: Anisozygoptera according to F. M. Carpenter 1992

See also Handlirsch 1906

Sister taxa: Anomothemis, Epiophlebioidea, Liadothemis, Magnasupplephlebia, Oreopteroidea, Parelthothemis, Pycnothemis, Rhabdothemis, Tarsophlebioidea, Temnostigma

Subtaxa: Petrothemis singularis

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Type: Petrothemis singularis

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection) (Jurassic of Germany)

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