Paraburmagomphides Zheng et al. 2018 (true dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Paraburmagomphidae

Full reference: D. R. Zheng, T. Jiang, A. Nel, E. A. Jarzembowski, S. C. Chang, H. C. Zhang, and B. Wang. 2018. Paraburmagomphidae fam. nov., a new gomphid dragonfly family (Odonata: Anisoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 92:214-219

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

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Paraburmagomphides zhaoi

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Type: Paraburmagomphides zhaoi

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber (Wuxin Amber Museum coll) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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