Cratostenophlebia schwickerti Bechly 2007 (dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Stenophlebiidae

Full reference: G. Bechly. 2007. Odonata: damselflies and dragonflies. The Crato Fossil Beds of Brazil: Window into an Ancient World 184-222

Belongs to Cratostenophlebia according to G. Bechly 2010

See also Bechly 2007

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: WDC Z109, an exoskeleton (Complete body). Its type locality is Crato (WDC collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Crato (WDC collection)

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