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

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Massapê Farm, near Nova Olinda (Crato) (Cretaceous of Brazil)

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