Parasinitsia qingyunensis Tian et al. 2023 (dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Campterophlebiidae

Full reference: F. S. Tian, D. R. Zheng, A. Nel, Y. F. Ye, T. Mei and H. C. Zhang. 2023. A new campterophlebiid damsel-dragonfly (Odonata: Isophlebioidea) from the Middle Jurassic Yanan Formation of Yulin City, Shaanxi Province, NW China. Comptes Rendus Palevol 22:491-496

Belongs to Parasinitsia according to F. S. Tian et al. 2023

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NIGP163538, a forewing. Its type locality is Qingyun Town, Yulin City, which is in an Aalenian lacustrine - large siliciclastic in the Yanan Formation of China.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Qingyun Town, Yulin City

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