Paradecoraeshna Zheng et al. 2018 (true dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Progobiaeshnidae

Full reference: D. R. Zheng, A. Nel, and H. C. Zhang. 2018. Taxonomic names, in A new progobiaeshnid dragonfly (Odonata, Aeshnoptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of Liaoning Province, NE China. Cretaceous Research 90:1-6

Parent taxon: Progobiaeshnidae according to D. R. Zheng et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Decoraeshna, Gobiaeshna, Mongoliaeshna, Progobiaeshna

Subtaxa: Paradecoraeshna liaoningensis

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Type: Paradecoraeshna liaoningensis

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Huangbanjigou, Shangyuan Town, NIGP collection (Cretaceous of China)

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