†Santanoptera gabbotti Martill and Nel 1996 (small darner)
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Insecta - Odonata - Aeschnidiidae
Full reference: D. M. Martill and A. Nel. 1996. A new dragonfly from the Crato Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Aptian) of N.E. Brazil. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte 1996:279-292
Belongs to Santanoptera according to G. Bechly 2007
See also Martill and Nel 1996
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: LEIUG 1155858, a forewing (Forewing). Its type locality is Crato (LEIUG 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 (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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