Yixianstenophlebia magnifica Nel and Huang 2015 (dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Stenophlebiidae

Full reference: A. Nel and D. Y. Huang. 2015. A new genus and species of damsel-dragonfly (Odonata: Stenophlebiidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, China. Cretaceous Research 56:421-425

Belongs to Yixianstenophlebia according to A. Nel and D. Y. Huang 2015

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NIGP 162224, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Liutiaogou Village, Dashuangmiao Town (NIGP collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Liutiaogou Village, Dashuangmiao Town (NIGP collection)

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