Burmalindenia Schädel and Bechly 2016 (clubtail dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Gomphidae

Full reference: M. Schädel and G. Bechly. 2016. First record of Anisoptera (Insecta: Odonata) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Zootaxa 4103:537-549

Parent taxon: Lindeniinae according to M. Schädel and G. Bechly 2016

Sister taxa: Cratolindenia, Gomphoidini, Ictinogomphus, Lindenia, Lindeniini, Miopetalura, Petalura acutipennis

Subtaxa: Burmalindenia imperfecta

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Type: Burmalindenia imperfecta

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber (SMNS coll) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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