†family Araripelibellulidae Bechly 1996 (true dragonfly)
Insecta - Odonata - Araripelibellulidae
Parent taxon: Paneurypalpida according to G. Fleck et al. 2008
See also Zhang et al. 2006
Sister taxon: Eurypalpida
Subtaxa: Araripelibellula Araripelibellulinae Cretaneophya Rencordulia Sopholibellula
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (4 collections), China (2), the United Kingdom (6)
Total: 12 collections including 15 occurrences