†Mesomegaloprepus magnificus Huang et al. 2017 (damselfly)
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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
Belongs to Mesomegaloprepus according to D. R. Zheng et al. 2018
See also Huang et al. 2017
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NIGP 164902, an exoskeleton. 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:
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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