Insecta - Odonata - Aeschnidiidae
Alternative combinations: Aeschnidium heishankowense, Sinaeschnidia heishankowensis
Full reference: Y. C. Hong. 1965. A new fossil dragonfly, Sinaeschnidia (Odonata, Insecta). Acta Entomologica Sinica 14:171-176
Belongs to Sinaeschnidia according to X. Zhang et al. 2023
See also Fleck and Nel 2003, Hong 1965, Hong 1987, Hong and Wang 1990, Nel and Martínez-Delclòs 1993, Wang 1980, Zhang 1999 and Zhang 1999
Sister taxa: Sinaeschnidia huzhouensis, Sinaeschnidia martinezdelclosi
Type specimen: HX-16/1203, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is HX-16, Houshangou, Chaoyang County, which is in an Aptian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Shahai Formation of China.
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (9 collections)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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