Basiaeschna Selys 1883 (darner dragonfly)
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Alternative spelling: Aeshna (Basiaeschna)
Parent taxon: Aeshnidae according to R. Garrouste and A. Nel 2019
See also Carpenter 1992, Martynov 1929, Scudder 1890 and Wighton and Wilson 1986
Sister taxa: Aeshna dido, Aeshninae, Brachytroninae, Eoshna, Epiaeschna, Gynacanthinae, Huncoaeshna, Idemlinea, Kvacekia, Merlax, Oplonaeschna vectensis, Palaeaeschna, Ypshna
Subtaxa: Basiaeschna alaskaensis
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at USGS Paleobotany 9870, Baxter Mine (Paleocene to Eocene of Alaska)
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