Insecta - Odonata - Mesuropetalidae
Full reference: G. Bechly, A. Nel, X. Martínez-Declòs, E. A. Jarzembowski, R. Coram, D. Martill, G. Fleck, F. Escuillié, M. M. Wisshak and M. Maisch. 2001. A revision and phylogenetic study of Mesozoic Aeshnoptera, with description of numerous new taxa (Insecta: Odonata: Anisoptera). Neue Paläontologische Abhandlungen 4:1-219
Belongs to Aeschnopsis according to G. Bechly et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Aeschnopsis jurassica, Aeschnopsis perampla, Aeschnopsis tischlingeri
Type specimen: MCZ 6180, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Solnhofen (MCZ coll), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Solnhofen (MCZ coll)
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