Sinothemis difficilis 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

Belongs to Sinothemis according to D. Y. Huang et al. 2018

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NIGP167785, a hindwing. Its type locality is Guancaishan, near Muyingzi village, which is in an Oxfordian lacustrine shale in the Tiaojishan Formation of China.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Guancaishan, near Muyingzi village

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