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Cretaeshna lini

Insecta - Odonata - Burmaeshnidae

Taxonomy
Cretaeshna lini was named by Zheng et al. (2016). Its type specimen is NIGP 164824, a forewing, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar. It is the type species of Cretaeshna.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Cretaeshna lini Zheng et al. p. 106 figs. 1-3
2018Cretaeshna lini Zheng et al. p. 886

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
infraclassHydropalaeopteraRohdendorf 1969
—Euhydropalaeoptera
—OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
—Palaeodonatoptera
—Plesiodonatoptera
—Apodonatoptera
—Paneodonatoptera
—Neodonatoptera
RankNameAuthor
—Euodonatoptera
—OdonatocladaBechly 1999
—Nodialata
—Discoidalia
—Stigmoptera
—Lobodonata
—Panodonata
orderOdonata
—Epiproctophora
—EuepiproctophoraBechly 1998
—Anisopteromorpha
—Trigonoptera
—Pananisoptera
—NeoanisopteraBechly 1998
suborderAnisopteraSelys-Longchamps and Hagen 1854
—Euanisoptera
—Aeshnoptera
familyBurmaeshnidae
genusCretaeshna
specieslini

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Cretaeshna lini Zheng et al. 2016
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitino
Form: roller-shapedo
Environment: freshwater, terrestrialo
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: volanto
Diet: carnivoreo
Diet 2: insectivoreo
Vision: well-developedo
Dispersal: watero
Created: 2011-03-07 03:41:10
Modified: 2011-03-06 10:41:10
Source: o = order
Reference: Ren and Guo 1996

Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Cretaeshna lini (type locality: 161726)