Insecta - Raphidioptera - Baissopteridae
Alternative combination: Cratoraphidia pulchra
Full reference: R. G. Martins-Neto and A. Nel. 1993. Un nouveau fossile de Raphidioptère de la formation Santana, Crétacé inférieur du Brésil (Neuropteroidea, Raphidioptera). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 97:425-428
Belongs to Baissoptera according to M. S. Engel 2002
See also Martins-Neto 2002 and Martins-Neto and Nel 1993
Sister taxa: Baissoptera bicolor, Baissoptera brasiliensis, Baissoptera burmana, Baissoptera cellulosa, Baissoptera cretaceoelectra, Baissoptera elongata, Baissoptera grandis, Baissoptera liaoningensis, Baissoptera lisae, Baissoptera maculata, Baissoptera martinsoni, Baissoptera monopoda, Baissoptera pankowskiorum, Baissoptera sibirica, Baissoptera sinica, Baissoptera wangi
Type specimen: GP/1T-1673, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Massapê Farm, near Nova Olinda (Crato), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large limestone in the Crato Formation of Brazil.
Distribution: found only at Massapê Farm, near Nova Olinda (Crato)
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