Cretagomphaeschnaoides Zheng et al. 2016 (true dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Gomphaeschnidae

Full reference: D. R. Zheng, E. A. Jarzembowski, S. C. Chang and B. Wang. 2016. A new true dragonfly (Odonata, Anisoptera, Gomphaeschnaoidini) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 127:629-632

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

Sister taxa: Anomalaeschna, Gomphaeschnaoides, Paramorbaeschna, Plesigomphaeschnaoides, Progomphaeschnaoides

Subtaxa: Cretagomphaeschnaoides jarzembowskae

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Type: Cretagomphaeschnaoides jarzembowskae

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

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

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