Sinaeschnidia
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| Sinaeschnidia Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, | |
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| Fossil specimen, Tianjin Natural History Museum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | †Aeschnidiidae |
| Genus: | †Sinaeschnidia Hong, 1965 |
| Type species | |
| Sinaeschnidia heishankowensis Hong, 1965 | |
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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]
At the Anhui Geological Museum
