Libanoliupanshania mimi Azar et al. 2019 (true dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Liupanshaniidae

Full reference: D. Azar, S. Maksoud, D. Y. Huang and A. Nel. 2019. First Lebanese dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata, Aeshnoptera, Cavilabiata) from the Arabo-African mid-Cretaceous paleocontinent. Cretaceous Research 93:78-89

Belongs to Libanoliupanshania according to D. Azar et al. 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MIM Museum F63, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Hjoula (MIM museum collection), which is in a Cenomanian carbonate lime mudstone in the Sannine Formation of Lebanon.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Hjoula (MIM museum collection)

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