Congqingia rhora Zhang 1992 (damselfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Dysagrionidae

Full reference: J. F. Zhang. 1992. Congqingia rhora gen. nov., spec. nov. - A new dragonfly from the Upper Jurassic of Eastern China (Anisozygoptera: Congqingiidae fam. nov.). Odonatologica 21(3):375-383

Belongs to Congqingia according to S. B. Archibald et al. 2021

See also Nel et al. 1993 and Zhang 1992

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: L88758-L88759, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Nanligezhuang, Tuanwang Town, Laiyang City (Shandong Prov. Mus.), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large shale in the Laiyang Formation of China.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Nanligezhuang, Tuanwang Town, Laiyang City (Shandong Prov. Mus.)

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