Pseudopalaeodysagrion Bechly and Velten 2023 (damselfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Burmadysagrionidae

Full reference: G. Bechly and J. Velten. 2023. A revised diagnosis of Palaeodysagrion cretacicus Zheng et al., 2016 (Insecta: Odonata) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese Amber, with erection of a new genus of fossil damselflies. Zootaxa 5263:547-556

Parent taxon: Burmadysagrionidae according to G. Bechly and J. Velten 2023

Sister taxa: Burmadysagrion, Electrodysagrion, Palaeodysagrion

Subtaxa: Pseudopalaeodysagrion youlini

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Type: Palaeodysagrion youlini

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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