Mesocordulia boreala Ren and Guo 1996 (green-eyed skimmer)

Insecta - Odonata - Corduliidae

Full reference: D. Ren and Z. Guo. 1996. Three new genera and three new species of dragonflies from the late Jurassic of Northeast China. Entomologica Sinica 3(2):95-105

Belongs to Mesocordulia according to D. Ren and Z. Guo 1996

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: LB94021, an exoskeleton (Female). Its type locality is Near Chaomidian Village (GMC Beijing coll), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Near Chaomidian Village (GMC Beijing coll)

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