Sinothemis Huang et al. 2018 (dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Selenothemistidae

Full reference: D. Y. Huang, C. Y. Cai, and A. Nel. 2018. A new damsel-dragonfly of the small family Selenothemistidae from the Late Jurassic of China (Odonata, Isophlebioptera). Journal of Paleontology 92:1049-1053

Parent taxon: Selenothemistidae according to D. Y. Huang et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Caraphlebia, Dialothemis, Jurathemis, Paraliassophlebia, Selenothemis, Turanothemis

Subtaxa: Sinothemis difficilis

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Type: Sinothemis difficilis

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Guancaishan, near Muyingzi village (Jurassic of China)

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