Karatawia sinica Li et al. 2012 (dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Campterophlebiidae

Full reference: Y. J. Li, A. Nel, and D. Ren. 2012. Taxonomic names, in Reassessment of the Jurassic damsel-dragonfly genus Karatawia (Odonata: Campterophlebiidae). Zootaxa 3417:64-68

Belongs to Karatawia according to Y. J. Li et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Karatawia mongolica, Karatawia shurabica, Karatawia sibirica, Karatawia turanica

Type specimen: CNU-ODO-NN2011017, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2011 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Jiulongshan Formation of China.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Daohugou (CNU 2011 collection)

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