Cretagomphaeschnaoides jarzembowskae 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

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

See also Zheng et al. 2016

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NIGP 164770, a forewing. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

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

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