Sinaeschnidia

Sinaeschnidia; Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 130–122 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Fossil specimen, Tianjin Natural History Museum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Anisoptera
Family:	†Aeschnidiidae
Genus:	†Sinaeschnidia; Hong, 1965
Type species
	Sinaeschnidia heishankowensis; Hong, 1965
Species
	S. heishankowensis Hong, 1965; S. martinezdelclosi Fleck & Nel, 2003

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). S. martinezdelclosi is known from slightly earlier deposits in Las Hoyas, Spain.

At the Anhui Geological Museum

References

↑ Zhang, J. (2000). "The discovery of aeschnidiid nymphs (Aeschnidiidae, Odonata, Insecta)." Chinese Science Bulletin, 45(11): 1031-1038.
↑ Fleck, G. and Nel, A. (2003). "Revision of the Mesozoic family Aeschnidiidae (Odonata: Anisoptera)." Zoologica, 153: 1-170.

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[zhang2000-1] Zhang, J. (2000). "The discovery of aeschnidiid nymphs (Aeschnidiidae, Odonata, Insecta)." Chinese Science Bulletin, 45(11): 1031-1038.

[fleck-2] Fleck, G. and Nel, A. (2003). "Revision of the Mesozoic family Aeschnidiidae (Odonata: Anisoptera)." Zoologica, 153: 1-170.