Parabaissaeshna Bechly and Rasmussen 2019 (darner dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Aeshnidae

Full reference: G. Bechly and J. A. Rasmussen. 2019. A new genus of hawker dragonfly (Odonata: Anisoptera: Aeshnidae) from the Early Eocene Fur Formation of Denmark. Zootaxa 4550:123-128

Parent taxon: Allopetaliini according to G. Bechly and J. A. Rasmussen 2019

Sister taxa: Anglogomphaeschna, Baissaeshna, Boyeria

Subtaxa: Parabaissaeshna ejerslevense

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Type: Parabaissaeshna ejerslevense

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Approx 2 m above ash layer -11, Ejerslev Molergrav, Mors (Eocene of Denmark)

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