†Juraheterophlebia sinica Nel et al. 2014 (dragonfly)
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Insecta - Odonata - Juraheterophlebiidae
Full reference: A. Nel, D. Azar, and D. Y. Huang. 2014. A new Middle Jurassic Chinese fossil clarifies the systematic composition of the Heterophlebioptera (Odonata: Trigonoptera). Alcheringa 39:130-134
Belongs to Juraheterophlebia according to A. Nel et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Juraheterophlebia cancellosa, Juraheterophlebia kazakhstanensis
Type specimen: NIGP 158847, 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, Xiaobaishan outcrop (NIGP collection)
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