Redescription of the ‘libelluloid’ Mesocordulia boreala (Odonata: Mesocorduliidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of China
On the basis of a very well-preserved new specimen, we redescribe the Early Cretaceous genus and species Mesocordulia boreala, currently attributed to the Cretaceous subfamily Mesocorduliinae of Araripelibellulidae. We refine key characteristics of wing venation, which allow us to exclude this species from the Araripelibellulidae and elevate the Mesocorduliinae to the family rank as Mesocorduliidae. The relationships of this fossil are clarified. As the genus name Mesocordulia is preoccupied, we propose a replacement name, Guocordulia.
Authors
- Diying Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5637-4867)
- XIN-NENG LIAN (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6680-1781)
- André Nel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4241-7651)
Institutions
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- École Pratique des Hautes Études (FR)
- Yunnan University (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (FR)
- Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology (CN)
- State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zootaxa
- Published
- 2024-12-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5562.1.6
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Fossil Insects in Amber
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.03
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- National Key Research and Development Program of China