Insecta - Odonata - Magnathemidae
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: Anisoptera according to G. Bechly 2010
Sister taxa: Aeschna eudore, Aeschna parkinsoni, Aeschnidioidea, Cercus, Cercus clavus, Cordulia scheuchzeri, Cratopetaliidae, Cymatophlebia mongolica, Dissurus, Dissurus liauyuanensis, Dissurus qinquanensis, Epigomphidae, Euanisoptera, Hageniidae, Henrotayiidae, Ictinogomphus fur, Ixtahua, Juragomphidae, Kazakhophlebiella, Libanoaeshnidae, Libellula calypso, Libellula doris, Libellula eurynome, Libellula melobasis, Libellula perse, Libellula thetis, Libellula thoe, Libelluloidea, Megaphlebiidae, Miopetalura orientalis, Necrogomphus, Nothomacromiidae, Petalurida, Pritykiniella, Proterogomphidae, Stenogomphus scudderi
Subtaxa: Magnathemis
Type: Magnathemis
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Crato (WDC collection) (Cretaceous of Brazil)