Amgupteryx Petrulevičius et al. 2010 (damselfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Amphipterygidae

Full reference: J. F. Petrulevičius, X. Delclòs, and A. Nel. 2010. A first fossil of the family Amphipterygidae (Odonata: Zygoptera), with description of a new genus from the Late Eocene/Early Oligocene of Siberia. Alavesia 3:25-29

Parent taxon: Amphipterygidae according to J. F. Petrulevičius et al. 2010

Sister taxon: Amphipteryginae

Subtaxa: Amgupteryx zherikhini

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Type: Amgupteryx zherikhini

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Amgu River, Primorye (PIN collection 458) (Oligocene of Russian Federation)

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