Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10122007 | Cretaceous Research | 2018 | 20 Pages |
Abstract
True dragonflies are comparatively common in Burmese amber. Here, we describe a new gomphid dragonfly Paraburmagomphides zhaoi gen. et sp. nov., and establish a new family Paraburmagomphidae fam. nov. This family is placed in the clade 'Oligophlebiata' because it has a distinctly short CuAa with reduced pectinate branching (found in 'Brevicubitalia' and Burmagomphidae), and symmetrical RP branching at the midfork (developed in Hagenioidea and Burmagomphidae). Paraburmagomphidae are characterized by crossed discoidal and subdiscoidal triangles and four-celled anal loops.
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Authors
Daran Zheng, Tian Jiang, André Nel, Edmund A. Jarzembowski, Su-Chin Chang, Haichun Zhang, Bo Wang,