Angustaeshna Huang et al. 2017 (true dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Burmaeshnidae

Full reference: D. Y. Huang, C. Y. Cai, and A. Nel. 2017. A new Burmese amber hawker dragonfly helps to redefine the position of the aeshnopteran family Burmaeshnidae (Odonata: Anisoptera: Aeshnoidea). Cretaceous Research 79:153-158

Parent taxon: Burmaeshnidae according to D. Y. Huang et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Burmaeshna, Cretaeshna, Proaeschna

Subtaxa: Angustaeshna magnifica

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Type: Angustaeshna magnifica

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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