Guyuanaeschnidia eximia 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

Belongs to Guyuanaeschnidia according to Q. B. Lin et al. 2002

See also Lin 1982 and Nel et al. 1994

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NIGP 44785, a hindwing. Its type locality is Shizizhen, Guyuan, Liupanshan basin, which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large siliciclastic in China.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Shizizhen, Guyuan, Liupanshan basin

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