†Palaeodisparoneura cretacica Zheng et al. 2017 (white-legged damselfly)
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Insecta - Odonata - Platycnemididae
Full reference: D. R. Zheng, B. Wang, and S. C. Chang. 2017. Palaeodisparoneura cretacica sp. nov., a new damselfly (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platycnemididae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Comptes Rendus Palevol 16:235-240
Belongs to Palaeodisparoneura according to D. R. Zheng et al. 2018
See also Zheng et al. 2017
Sister taxon: Palaeodisparoneura burmanica
Type specimen: NIGP 164075, 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: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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