Parabaissaeshna ejerslevense 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

Belongs to Parabaissaeshna according to G. Bechly and J. A. Rasmussen 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MGUH 33076, a forewing. Its type locality is Approx 2 m above ash layer -11, Ejerslev Molergrav, Mors, which is in a Ypresian offshore ramp diatomite/volcaniclastic in the Fur Formation of Denmark.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Approx 2 m above ash layer -11, Ejerslev Molergrav, Mors

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