Oligotypus huangheensis Prokop et al. 2008 (griffinfly)

Insecta - Meganisoptera - Meganeuridae

Alternative combination: Sinomeganeura huangheensis

Full reference: J. Prokop, A. Nel, and D. Ren. 2008. Taxonomic names, in New early griffenfly, Sinomeganeura huangheensis from the Late Carboniferous of northern China (Meganisoptera: Meganeuridae). Insect Systematics & Evolution 38:223-229

Belongs to Oligotypus according to Y. J. Li et al. 2013

See also Prokop et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Oligotypus makowskii, Oligotypus tillyardi, Oligotypus tuscaloosae

Type specimen: CNU-NX2006003, a forewing. Its type locality is Xiaheyan, Zhongwei County (CNU coll), which is in a Westphalian B/Westphalian C interdistributary bay siliciclastic in the Yanghugou Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Xiaheyan, Zhongwei County (CNU coll)

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