Sinahemeroscopus magnificus Huang and Nel 2010 (true dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Nannogomphidae

Full reference: D. Y. Huang and A. Nel. 2010. Sinahemeroscopus magnificus, new genus and species of 'libelluloid' dragonfly from the Chinese Mesozoic (Odonata, Anisoptera: Nannogomphidae?). Zootaxa 2388:44-48

Belongs to Sinahemeroscopus according to F. M. Carpenter 1960

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NIGP 148315, a forewing. Its type locality is Liutiaogou Village, Dashuangmiao Town (NIGP collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Liutiaogou Village, Dashuangmiao Town (NIGP collection)

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