Zygokaratawia reni Nel et al. 2008 (dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Campterophlebiidae

Full reference: A. Nel, D. Y. Huang, and Q. B. Lin. 2008. A new genus of isophlebioid damsel-dragonflies with “calopterygid”-like wing shape from the Middle Jurassic of China (Odonata: Isophlebioidea: Campterophlebiidae). European Journal of Entomology 105:783-787

Belongs to Zygokaratawia according to A. Nel et al. 2008

Sister taxon: Zygokaratawia incompleta

Type specimen: NIGP 148158, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (NIGP collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Daohugou (NIGP collection)

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