†Eoshna Archibald and Cannings 2019 (darner dragonfly)
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Full reference: S. B. Archibald and R. A. Cannings. 2019. Fossil dragonflies (Odonata: Anisoptera)from the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands, western North America. The Canadian Entomologist 151:783-816
Parent taxon: Aeshnidae according to S. B. Archibald and R. A. Cannings 2019
Sister taxa: Aeshna dido, Aeshninae, Basiaeschna, Brachytroninae, Epiaeschna, Gynacanthinae, Huncoaeshna, Idemlinea, Kvacekia, Merlax, Oplonaeschna vectensis, Palaeaeschna, Ypshna
Subtaxa: Eoshna thompsonensis
Type: Eoshna thompsonensis
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at McAbee (University College of the Cariboo TRU coll) (Eocene of British Columbia)
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