Araripelibellula sennlaubi Nel and Pouillon 2020 (true dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Araripelibellulidae

Full reference: A. Nel and J. M. Pouillon. 2020. The third skimmer dragonfly species from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian) Crato Formation in NE Brazil (Odonata, Cavilabiata, Araripelibellulidae). Cretaceous Research 115(104565)

Belongs to Araripelibellula according to A. Nel and J. M. Pouillon 2020

Sister taxa: Araripelibellula britannica, Araripelibellula martinsnetoi

Type specimen: MNHE.2020.10.1, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Crato (MHNE collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Crato (MHNE collection)

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