Pseudopalaeodysagrion youlini Zheng et al. 2017

Insecta - Odonata - Burmadysagrionidae

Alternative combination: Palaeodysagrion youlini

Full reference: D. R. Zheng, S. C. Chang, and B. Wang. 2017. A new dysagrionid damselfly (Odonata: Zygoptera: Palaeodysagrion) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Alcheringa 42:300-304

Belongs to Pseudopalaeodysagrion according to G. Bechly and J. Velten 2023

See also Zheng et al. 2017

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NIGP 166157, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

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

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