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A New Genus and Species of the Damselfly Family Hemiphlebiidae from the Lower Cretaceous Chernovskie Kopi Locality (Eastern Transbaikalia)

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Thairia transbaikalica Felker et Vasilenko, gen. et sp. nov. (Odonata, Hemiphlebiidae) from the Mesozoic Chernovskie Kopi locality is described. A short review of known genera of Hemiphlebiidae is provided. Relative age of enclosing rocks is discussed.

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  1. Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117647, Russia

    A. S. Felker & D. V. Vasilenko

  2. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    A. S. Felker

  3. Cherepovets State University, Cherepovets, Vologda Region, 162600, Russia

    D. V. Vasilenko

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Original Russian Text © A.S. Felker, D.V. Vasilenko, 2018, published in Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal, 2018, No. 2, pp. 34–37.

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Felker, A.S., Vasilenko, D.V. A New Genus and Species of the Damselfly Family Hemiphlebiidae from the Lower Cretaceous Chernovskie Kopi Locality (Eastern Transbaikalia). Paleontol. J. 52, 142–145 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030118020041

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