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New stem-anisopteran dragonflies in the Jurassic of China (Odonata: Epiproctophora).

Authors :
Huang DY
Xu MM
Zhao Q
Gao J
Nel A
Source :
Zootaxa [Zootaxa] 2023 Dec 29; Vol. 5396 (1), pp. 26-34. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Dec 29.
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

The odonatan asiopterid Turanopteron sinensis sp. nov. and the juragomphid Oxfordgomphus trescellulae gen. et sp. nov. are described on the basis of two new fossil wings from the Middle-Upper Jurassic of Henan Province in China. These taxa belong to ancient, Toarcian epiproctophoran stem groups of Anisoptera Selys, 1854. They show important affinities with taxa from the Karatau entomofauna in Kazakhstan. These groups progressively decrease and were replaced by more modern clades of Anisoptera during the Late Jurassic.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1175-5334
Volume :
5396
Issue :
1
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Zootaxa
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
38220985
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5396.1.7