Pauciphlebia novaolindense Bechly 2010 (true dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Proterogomphidae

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

Belongs to Pauciphlebia according to G. Bechly 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SMF VI 1045, an exoskeleton (Female complete body). Its type locality is Crato (SMF 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 (SMF collection)

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