Guyuanaeschnidia Lin 1982 (true dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Liupanshaniidae

Full reference: Q. B. Lin. 1982. Insecta. Palaeontological Atlas of Northwest China: Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia Volume 3:70-83

Parent taxon: Liupanshaniidae according to Q. B. Lin et al. 2002

See also Lin 1982 and Nel et al. 1994

Sister taxa: Araripeliupanshania, Brasiliupanshania, Cratoliupanshania, Galloliupanshania, Libanoliupanshania, Liupanshania, Paraliupanshania, Paramesuropetala, Protoliupanshania

Subtaxa: Guyuanaeschnidia eximia

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Type: Guyuanaeschnidia eximia

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Shizizhen, Guyuan, Liupanshan basin (Cretaceous of China)

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