Insecta - Odonata - Aeschnidiidae
Full reference: Y. C. Hong. 1965. A new fossil dragonfly, Sinaeschnidia (Odonata, Insecta). Acta Entomologica Sinica 14:171-176
Parent taxon: Aeschnidiidae according to G. Fleck and A. Nel 2003
See also Carpenter 1992, Hong and Wang 1990 and Nel and Martínez-Delclòs 1993
Sister taxa: Aegyptidium, Aeschnidiella, Aeschnidiopsis, Aeschnidium, Angloaeschnidium, Bergeriaeschnidia, Brunetaeschnidium, Brunneaeschnidia, Cooperaeschnidium, Coramaeschnidium, Cratoaeschnidium, Dakotaeschnidium, Delclosaeschidium, Diastatopaeschnidium, Dracontaeschnidium, Gansuaeschnidia, Gigantoaeschnidium, Hebeiaeschnidia, Iberoaeschnidium, Jarzembowskiaeschnidium, Kesseleraeschnidium, Kimmeridgebrachypteraeschnidium, Leptaeschnidium, Libellula abscissa, Linaeschnidium, Lithoaeschnidium, Lleidoaeschnidium, Malmaeschnidium, Misofaeschnidium, Nannoaeschnidium, Neimengogomphus, Neimengogomphus dongwugaiensis, Pseudosamarura, Pseudosamarura largina, Rossaeschnidium, Santanoptera, Sinostenophlebia, Solnhofenia, Stylaeschnidium, Tauropteryx, Urogomphus, Wightonia, Yixiangomphus, Yixiangomphus labius, Sona
Subtaxa: Sinaeschnidia heishankowense Sinaeschnidia huzhouensis Sinaeschnidia martinezdelclosi
Type: Sinaeschnidia heishankowensis
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (11 collections), Spain (2)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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