†Araripephlebia Bechly 1998 (true dragonfly)
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Insecta - Odonata - Araripephlebiidae
Full reference: G. Bechly. 1998. New fossil dragonflies from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of north-east Brazil (Insecta: Odonata). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 264:1-66
Parent taxon: Araripephlebiidae according to G. Bechly 2007
See also Bechly 1998
Sister taxon: Valdiphlebia
Subtaxa: Araripephlebia mirabilis
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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