Daohugoulibellula lini Nel and Huang 2015 (true dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Daohugoulibellulidae

Full reference: A. Nel and D. Y. Huang. 2015. A new family of 'libelluloid' dragonflies from the Middle Jurassic of Daohugou, northeastern China (Odonata: Anisoptera: Cavilabiata). Alcheringa 39:525-529

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

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NIGP 162225, an exoskeleton (thorax fragment, forewing and hind wing). 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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