†Nothomacromia sensibilis Carle and Wighton 1990 (true dragonfly)
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Insecta - Odonata - Nothomacromiidae
Alternative combination: Pseudomacromia sensibilis
Synonym: Conan barbarica Martins-Neto 1998
Full reference: F. L. Carle and D. C. Wighton. 1990. Insects from the Santana Formation, Lower Cretaceous, of Brazil. Chapter 3: Odonata. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 195:51-68
Belongs to Nothomacromia according to G. Bechly 1998
See also Bechly 2007, Carle and Wighton 1990, Martins-Neto 1998, Wolf-Schwenninger and Schawaller 2007 and Zamboni 2001
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Nothomacromia sensibilis: AMNH 44205, a nymph. Its type locality is Crato (AMNH collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.
- Conan barbarica: RGMN-IT/097, a nymph. Its type locality is Crato, Tatajuba farm, Araripe Basin, which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large limestone in the Crato Formation of Brazil.
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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