†Cretagomphaeschnaoides Zheng et al. 2016 (true dragonfly)
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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
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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