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Issue: Vol. 1642 No. 1: 21 Nov. 2007
Type: Article
Published: 2007-11-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1642.1.2
Page range: 13–22
Abstract views: 37
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A new genus of isophlebioid damsel-dragonflies (Odonata: Isophlebioptera: Campterophlebiidae) from the Middle Jurassic of China

CNRS UMR 5202, CP 50, Entomologie, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 45 Rue Buffon, F-75005, Paris, France
Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, P.R. China
Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, P.R. China
Odonata Insecta Campterophlebiidae gen. nov. sp. nov. Middle Jurassic Daohugou fauna Inner Mongolia China

Abstract

Sinokaratawia prokopi gen. nov., sp. nov. is the fifth representative of the Campterophlebiidae from the Chinese Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation, which corresponds to one of the most diverse fauna of isophlebioid damsel-dragonflies. The synapomorphies for the Campterophlebiidae and Isophlebiidae are discussed.

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