Chrismooreia Bechly 2018 (dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Asiopteridae

Full reference: G. Bechly. 2018. Chrismooreia michaelbehei gen. et sp. nov. (Insecta: Odonata: Asiopteridae), a new fossil damsel-dragonfly from the Early Jurassic of England. BIO-Complexity 2018(1):1-10

Parent taxon: Asiopteridae according to G. Bechly 2018

Sister taxa: Asiopteron, Oreopterella, Oreopteron, Turanopteron, Sogdopteron, Pauropteron, Amblyopteron

Subtaxa: Chrismooreia michaelbehei

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Type: Chrismooreia michaelbehei

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Charmouth (Chris Moore collection) (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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