Insecta - Neuroptera - Myrmeleontoidae
Full reference: R. G. Martins-Neto. 1994. Neurópteros (Insecta, Planipennia) da Formação Santana (Cretáceo Inferior), Bacia do Araripe, nordeste do Brasil - IX - primeiros resultados da composição da fauna e descrição de novos táxons. Acta Geologica Leopoldensia 17(39):269-288
Belongs to Cratoneura according to V. N. Makarkin et al. 2018
See also Martins-Neto 1994, Martins-Neto 1997, Martins-Neto 2000, Martins-Neto 2002 and Martins-Neto 2005
Sister taxa: Cratoneura cuneata, Cratoneura longissima, Cratoneura minor, Cratoneura pulchella
Type specimen: UnG/1T-45, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Crato, Pedra Branca quarry (UnG collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.
Ecology:
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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