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Sinaeschnidia

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Sinaeschnidia
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 130–122 Ma
Fossil specimen, Tianjin Natural History Museum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Aeschnidiidae
Genus: Sinaeschnidia
Hong, 1965
Type species
Sinaeschnidia heishankowensis
Hong, 1965
Species

S. heishankowensis Hong, 1965
S. martinezdelclosi Fleck & Nel, 2003

Sinaeschnidia (meaning "Chinese Aeschnidium") is a genus of prehistoric dragonfly. S. heishankowensis is a common component of the Jehol Biota of northeastern China. It is known from numerous specimens, both nymphs and imagos (adults).[1] S. martinezdelclosi is known from slightly earlier deposits in Las Hoyas, Spain.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Zhang, J. (2000). "The discovery of aeschnidiid nymphs (Aeschnidiidae, Odonata, Insecta)." Chinese Science Bulletin, 45(11): 1031-1038.
  2. ^ Fleck, G. and Nel, A. (2003). "Revision of the Mesozoic family Aeschnidiidae (Odonata: Anisoptera)." Zoologica, 153: 1-170.