†Protoliupanshania Huang and Nel 2010 (true dragonfly)
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Insecta - Odonata - Liupanshaniidae
Full reference: D. Y. Huang and A. Nel. 2010. Protoliupanshania wangi, a new genus and species from the Chinese Early Cretaceous (Odonata: Aeshnoptera: Liupanshaniidae). Zootaxa 2387:57-62
Parent taxon: Liupanshaniidae according to D. R. Zheng et al. 2022
See also Huang and Nel 2010
Sister taxa: Araripeliupanshania, Brasiliupanshania, Cratoliupanshania, Galloliupanshania, Guyuanaeschnidia, Libanoliupanshania, Liupanshania, Paraliupanshania, Paramesuropetala
Subtaxa: Protoliupanshania wangi
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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