Burmalindenia imperfecta 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

Belongs to Burmalindenia according to D. R. Zheng et al. 2018

See also Schädel and Bechly 2016

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SMNS Bu-94, a hindwing (fragments of left and right hindwing). Its type locality is Burmese amber (SMNS coll), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber (SMNS coll)

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