Dorsettia sinica Zheng et al. 2016 (dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Campterophlebiidae

Full reference: D. R. Zheng, A. Nel, B. Wang, E. A. Jarzembowski, S. C. Chang and H. C. Zhang. 2016. A new damsel-dragonfly from the Lower Jurassic of northwestern China and its paleobiogeographic significance. Journal of Paleontology 90:485-490

Belongs to Dorsettia according to D. R. Zheng et al. 2016

Sister taxon: Dorsettia laeta

Type specimen: NIGP 162227, a hindwing. Its type locality is Tuzigou, Badaowan Fm, Karamay, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian fluvial sandstone in the Badaowan Formation of China.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Tuzigou, Badaowan Fm, Karamay

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