†Sinomesuropetala daohugensis Boudet et al. 2022 (true dragonfly)
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Insecta - Odonata - Mesuropetalidae
Full reference: L. Boudet, A. Nel, and D. Y. Huang. 2022. A new basal hawker dragonfly from the earliest Late Jurassic of Daohugou, northeastern China (Odonata: Anisoptera: Mesuropetalidae). Historical Biology 35:1267-1273
Belongs to Sinomesuropetala according to P. L. Qi et al. 2023
See also Boudet et al. 2022
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NIGP180153, an exoskeleton. 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)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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