Insecta - Odonata - Aeschnidiidae
Full reference: J. F. Zhang and H. Zhang. 2001. New findings of larval and adult aeschnidiids (Insecta: Odonata) in the Yixian Formation, Liaoning Province, China. Cretaceous Research 22:334-450
Parent taxon: Aeschnidiidae according to G. Fleck and A. Nel 2003
See also Zhang and Zhang 2001
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, Sinaeschnidia, Sinostenophlebia, Solnhofenia, Tauropteryx, Urogomphus, Wightonia, Yixiangomphus, Yixiangomphus labius, Sona
Subtaxa: Stylaeschnidium rarum
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Huangbanjigou, Shangyuan Town, NIGP collection (Cretaceous of China)
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