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Tolman, Ethan R.; Beatty, Christopher D.; Kohli, Manpreet K.; Abbott, John; Bybee, Seth M.; Frandsen, Paul B.; Stephen
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334:Dijkstra, K.D.B.; et al. (2013).
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461:Dragonflies of the World
292:Tetracanthagyna plagiata
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887:(clubtail dragonflies)
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286:Petalura ingentissima
278:Solnhofen Plattenkalk
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874:(hawkers or darners)
469:"World Odonata List"
459:Silsby, Jill. 2001.
270:Protolindenia wittei
192:Uhler in Selys, 1859
931:Neopetalia punctata
644:(azure damselflies)
594:(ancient greenling)
315:Tachopteryx thoreyi
310:Tachopteryx thoreyi
243:molecular phylogeny
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227:Petaluridae
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864:Aeshnoidea
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223:petaltails
198:Tanypteryx
126:Anisoptera
96:Arthropoda
1266:Q21076718
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106:Insecta
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