Cratocorydalopsis brasiliensis Jepson and Heads 2016 (dobsonfly)

Insecta - Megaloptera - Corydalidae

Full reference: J. E. Jepson and S. W. Heads. 2016. Fossil Megaloptera (Insecta: Neuropterida) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil. Zootaxa 4098:134-144

Belongs to Cratocorydalopsis according to C. C. Martins et al. 2022

See also Jepson and Heads 2016

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SMNS 66000-247, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Crato (SMNS collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Crato (SMNS collection)

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