†Cretaeshna Zheng et al. 2016 (true dragonfly)
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Insecta - Odonata - Burmaeshnidae
Full reference: D. R. Zheng, S. C. Chang, E. A. Jarzembowski and B. Wang. 2016. The first aeshnoid dragonfly (Odonata: Anisoptera: Telephlebiidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 72:105-109
Parent taxon: Burmaeshnidae according to D. Y. Huang et al. 2017
See also Zheng et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Angustaeshna, Burmaeshna, Neoaeschna, Proaeschna
Subtaxa: Cretaeshna lini
Type: Cretaeshna lini
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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