The first euthemistid damsel-dragonfly from the Middle Jurassic of China (Odonata, Epiproctophora, Isophlebioptera)

By

Li, Yongjun
Nel, André
Shih, ChungKun
Ren, Dong, 1963-
Pang, Hong

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2013

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

261

Pages

41-50

Subjects

China , Euthemistidae , gen. et sp. n , Middle Jurassic , mixture of characters , Sphenophlebiidae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.261.4371

 

Abstract

Sinoeuthemis daohugouensis gen. et sp. n. is the first record of the isophlebiopteran family Euthemistidae from Middle Jurassic of northeast China, while previously this family was restricted to the early Late Jurassic Kazakhstan. This new finding allows us to emend the family diagnosis with hindwing characters. This new species shows a mixture of characters alternatively present in different genera of the two families Euthemistidae and Sphenophlebiidae.