Insecta - Odonata - Perilestidae

Full reference: D. R. Zheng, B. Wang, E. A. Jarzembowski, S. C. Chang, and A. Nel. 2016. The first fossil Perilestidae (Odonata: Zygoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 65:199-205

Parent taxon: Perilestidae according to D. R. Zheng et al. 2016

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Palaeoperilestes electronicus

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Type: Palaeoperilestes electronicus

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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