Cretaeshna Zheng et al. 2016 (true dragonfly)

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

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Type: Cretaeshna lini

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

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

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