†Gansuaeschnidia hongi Zhang et al. 2022 (small darner)
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Insecta - Odonata - Aeschnidiidae
Full reference: X. Zhang, A. Nel, H. Wang, H. C. Zhang, and D. R. Zheng. 2022. A new genus of aeschnidiid dragonfly (Odonata: Anisoptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of the Jiuquan Basin, NW China. Historical Biology 36:12-18
Belongs to Gansuaeschnidia according to X. Zhang et al. 2022
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NIGP200689, a hindwing. Its type locality is Qingquan village, Yumen City (NIGP collection), which is in an Aptian terrestrial mudstone in the Chijinbao Formation of China.
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Qingquan village, Yumen City (NIGP collection)
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