Sinokaratawia prokopi Nel et al. 2007 (dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Campterophlebiidae

Full reference: A. Nel, D. Y. Huang, and Q. B. Lin. 2007. A new genus of isophlebioid damsel-dragonflies (Odonata: Isophlebioptera: Campterophlebiidae) from the Middle Jurassic of China. Zootaxa 1642:13-22

Belongs to Sinokaratawia according to B. L. Zhang et al. 2010

See also Nel et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Sinokaratawia daohugouica, Sinokaratawia gloriosa, Sinokaratawia magica

Type specimen: NIGP 142170, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (NIGP collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Daohugou (NIGP collection)

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