Mesomegaloprepus Huang et al. 2017 (damselfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Mesomegaloprepidae

Full reference: D. Y. Huang, D. Azar, C. Y. Cai, S. Maksoud, A. Nel and G. Bechly. 2017. Mesomegaloprepidae, a remarkable new damselfly family (Odonata: Zygoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 73:1-13

Parent taxon: Mesomegaloprepidae according to A. Nel et al. 2024

See also Huang et al. 2017

Sister taxon: Cretamegaloprepus

Subtaxa: Mesomegaloprepus liae Mesomegaloprepus magnificus

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Type: Mesomegaloprepus magnificus

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Myanmar (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences

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