†Valdaeshna surreyensis Jarzembowski 1988 (true dragonfly)
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Insecta - Odonata - Cymatophlebiidae
Full reference: E. A. Jarzembowski. 1988. A new aeshnid dragonfly from the Lower Cretaceous of south-east England. Palaeontology 31(3):763-769
Belongs to Valdaeshna according to D. R. Zheng et al. 2018
See also Bechly et al. 2001, Jarzembowski 1988 and Nel et al. 1994
Sister taxa: Valdaeshna andressi, Valdaeshna mikei
Type specimen: BMNH In. 64632, an exoskeleton (whole body). Its type locality is Auclaye Brickworks (BMNH collection), which is in a Hauterivian lagoonal claystone in the Weald Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Auclaye Brickworks (BMNH collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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