Sinaeschnidia Temporal range:
Early Cretaceous,
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Fossil specimen, Tianjin Natural History Museum | |
Scientific 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
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Species | |
S. heishankowensis Hong, 1965 |
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]