†Juralibellula ningchengensis Huang and Nel 2007 (true dragonfly)
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Insecta - Odonata - Juralibellulidae
Full reference: D. Y. Huang and A. Nel. 2007. Oldest "libelluloid" dragonfly from the Middle Jurassic of China (Odonata: Anisoptera: Cavilabiata). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 246:63-68
Belongs to Juralibellula according to D. Y. Huang and A. Nel 2007
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NIGP 143439, 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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