Abstract
The aeshnopteran Propecymatophlebia magnifica gen. et sp. nov. is described from the Middle Jurassic Hiafanggou Formation of Inner Mongolia in China, on the basis of a complete forewing. It confirms the remarkable palaeodiversity of the stem group of the hawker dragonflies in Central Asia in the period between the Middle Jurassic and the Early Cretaceous.
Kurzfassung
Basierend auf einen kompletten Vorderflügel, wird Propecymatophlebia magnifica gen. et sp. nov. (Aeshnoptera) aus der mitteljurassischen Hiafanggou-Formation der Inneren Mongolei in China, beschrieben. Dieser Fund bestätigt die bemerkenswerte Paläodiversität der zentralasiatischen Stammgruppen-Vertreter der Edellibellen während des Mittleren Juras und der frühen Kreidezeit.
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The work has been supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program (B) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDB18000000), the Ministry of Science and Technology (2016YFC0600406), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41688103, 91514302).
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Huang, Dy., Nel, A. & Cai, C. An enigmatic hawker dragonfly from the Middle Jurassic of China (Odonata, Aeshnoptera). PalZ 91, 459–462 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-017-0364-6
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