Cymatophlebia yixianensis Zheng et al. 2018 (true dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Cymatophlebiidae

Full reference: D. R. Zheng, E. A. Jarzembowski, S. C. Chang, B. Wang, and H. C. Zhang. 2018. New cymatophlebiid dragonflies from the Lower Cretaceous of China and England (Odonata: Anisoptera: Cymatophlebiinae, Valdaeshninae). Cretaceous Research 90:311-317

Belongs to Cymatophlebia according to D. R. Zheng et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Cymatophlebia densa, Cymatophlebia herrienae, Cymatophlebia kuempeli, Cymatophlebia longialata, Cymatophlebia pumilio, Cymatophlebia purbeckensis, Cymatophlebia standingae, Cymatophlebia suevica, Cymatophlebia zdrzaleki

Type specimen: NIGP 167028, a forewing. Its type locality is Huangbanjigou, Jianshangou Bed (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 Huangbanjigou, Jianshangou Bed (NIGP collection)

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