Insecta - Odonata - Mesuropetalidae
Alternative combinations: Aeshna jurassica, Libellula jurassica, Mesogomphus jurassicus, Necrogomphus jurassicus
Full reference: C. G. Giebel. 1856. Die Insecten und Spinnen der Vorwelt mit steter Berücksichtigung der lebenden Insekten und Spinnen. Die Fauna der Vorwelt 2:1-511
Belongs to Aeschnopsis according to G. Bechly et al. 2001
See also Giebel 1856, Handlirsch 1906, Kirby 1890 and Nel et al. 1998
Sister taxa: Aeschnopsis perampla, Aeschnopsis perkinsi, Aeschnopsis tischlingeri
Type specimen: BMNH I.12782/12778, a hindwing (male(?) hindwing basal fragment). Its type locality is Dinton, Vale of Wardour, Middle Purbeck, which is in a Berriasian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal horizon in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom.
Distribution: found only at Dinton, Vale of Wardour, Middle Purbeck
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