†Araripechlorogomphus Bechly and Ueda 2002 (true dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Araripechlorogomphidae

Full reference: G. Bechly and K. Ueda. 2002. The first fossil record and first New World record for the dragonfly clade Chlorogomphida (Insecta: Odonata: Anisoptera: Araripechlorogomphidae n fam) from the Crato Limestone (Lower Cretaceous, Brazil). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 328:1-11

Parent taxon: Araripechlorogomphidae according to A. Nel and G. C. Ribeiro 2024

See also Bechly 2007 and Bechly and Ueda 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Araripechlorogomphus muratai

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Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Brazil (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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