†Proaeschna zhangi Wei et al. 2019 (true dragonfly)
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Insecta - Odonata - Burmaeshnidae
Full reference: G. J. Wei, C. K. Shih, D. Ren and Y. J. Wang. 2019. A new burmaeshnid dragonfly from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber: elucidating wing base structure of true Odonata. Cretaceous Research 101:23-29
Belongs to Proaeschna according to G. J. Wei et al. 2019
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CNU-ODO-MA2018001, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (CNU coll), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (CNU coll)
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