Sinaeschnidia

Sinaeschnidia Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 130–122 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	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

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

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