Chrismooreia michaelbehei 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

Belongs to Chrismooreia according to G. Bechly 2018

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Charmouth (Chris Moore collection), which is in an Obtusum marine mudstone in the Charmouth Mudstone Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Charmouth (Chris Moore collection)

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