Megaphlebia Bechly 2010 (true dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Megaphlebiidae

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: Megaphlebiidae according to G. Bechly 2010

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Megaphlebia rayandressi

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Type: Megaphlebia rayandressi

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

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

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