†Cretaeshna lini 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
Belongs to Cretaeshna according to D. R. Zheng et al. 2018
See also Zheng et al. 2016
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NIGP 164824, 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)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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