Propecymatophlebia magnifica Huang et al. 2017 (true dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata

Full reference: D. Y. Huang, A. Nel, and C. Y. Cai. 2017. An enigmatic hawker dragonfly from the Middle Jurassic of China (Odonata, Aeshnoptera). PalZ 91:459-462

Belongs to Propecymatophlebia according to D. Y. Huang et al. 2017

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NIGP 165285, a forewing. 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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