†Cretarchistigma essweini Bechly 1998 (damselfly)
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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
Belongs to Cretarchistigma according to G. Bechly 2007
See also Bechly 1998
Sister taxon: Cretarchistigma greenwoodi
Type specimen: SMNS 63071, an exoskeleton (female). Its type locality is Crato (SMNS collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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