Santanagrion Bechly 2010 (damselfly)

Insecta - Odonata

Full reference: G. Bechly. 2010. Additions to the fossil dragonfly fauna from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil (Insecta: Odonata). Palaeodiversity 3(Supplement):11-77

Parent taxon: Zygoptera according to G. Bechly 2010

Sister taxa: Agrion exhaustum, Agrion hecticum, Agrion mysis, Agrion thais, Andrephlebia, Burmadysagrionidae, Caloptera, Dinosamarura, Eopodagrion, Euzygoptera, Furagrion, Gasophlebia, Gomphus resinatus, Hemiphlebioidea, Italolestes, Megalestes anglicus, Mesomegaloprepidae, Platystictoidea, Podagrion abortivum, Pulchrairina, Samarura, Steleopteridae, Steropoides, Valerea, Whetwhetaksidae, Dysagrionidae, Sieblosiidae

Subtaxa: Santanagrion longipes

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Type: Santanagrion longipes

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Crato (SMNS collection) (Cretaceous of Brazil)

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