†Angustaeshna magnifica Huang et al. 2017 (true dragonfly)
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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
Belongs to Angustaeshna according to D. Y. Huang et al. 2017
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NIGP 166238, a wing (two incomplete forewings and complete hindwing). 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)
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