†family Cretapetaluridae Nel et al. 1998 (true dragonfly)
Insecta - Odonata - Cretapetaluridae
Full reference: A. Nel, G. Bechly, E. Jarzembowski and X. Martínez-Delclòs. 1998. A revision of the fossil petalurid dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata: Anisoptera: Petalurida). Paleontologia Lombarda 10:1-68
Parent taxon: Petalurodea according to G. Bechly 2007
See also Bechly 2010 and Coram and Nel 2009
Sister taxon: Petaluroidea
Subtaxa: Anglopetalura Cratopetalura Cretapetalura Eotanypteryx
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (4 collections), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence