Palaeodysagrion Zheng et al. 2017 (damselfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Burmadysagrionidae

Full reference: D. R. Zheng, Q. Q. Zhang, A. Nel, E. A. Jarzembowski, Z. C. Zhou, S. C. Chang, and B. Wang. 2017. New damselflies (Odonata: Zygoptera: Hemiphlebiidae, Dysagrionidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Alcheringa 41:12-21

Parent taxon: Burmadysagrionidae according to G. Bechly and J. Velten 2023

See also Archibald et al. 2021, Nel and Zheng 2021, Zheng et al. 2017 and Zheng et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Burmadysagrion, Electrodysagrion, Pseudopalaeodysagrion

Subtaxa: Palaeodysagrion cretacicus

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Type: Palaeodysagrion cretacicus

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Myanmar (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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