Mongoliaeshna sinica Nel and Huang 2010 (true dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Progobiaeshnidae

Full reference: A. Nel and D. Y. Huang. 2010. A new Mesozoic Chinese genus of aeshnopteran dragonflies (Odonata: Anisoptera: Progobiaeshnidae). Comptes Rendus Palevol 9:141-145

Belongs to Mongoliaeshna according to A. Nel and D. Y. Huang 2010

Sister taxa: Mongoliaeshna exiguusens, Mongoliaeshna hadrens

Type specimen: NIGP 140800, an exoskeleton (body with 2 complete wings and 2 wing bases). 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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