Sinacymatophlebia mongolica Nel and Huang 2009 (true dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Paracymatophlebiidae

Full reference: A. Nel and D. Y. Huang. 2009. First Chinese Cymatophlebiidae from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia (Odonata: Anisoptera: Aeshnoptera). Palaeodiversity 2:199-204

Belongs to Sinacymatophlebia according to A. Nel and D. Y. Huang 2009

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NIGP 148312, 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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