†family Libanocorduliidae Azar et al. 2019 (true dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Libanocorduliidae

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

Parent taxon: Cavilabiata according to D. Azar et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Chlorogomphida, Cordulegastrida, Cordulephyidae, Cordulibellulidae, Cristotibiata, Gallophlebiidae, Nodalulaidae, Urolibellulidae

Subtaxa: Libanocordulia

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Type: Libanocordulia

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Hjoula (MIM museum collection) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)

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