†Cratoliupanshania Pella and Nel 2020 (true dragonfly)
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Insecta - Odonata - Liupanshaniidae
Full reference: C. Pella and A. Nel. 2020. A hawker dragonfly (Odonata: Liupanshaniidae) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation, northeastern Brazil. Cretaceous Research 116(104559)
Parent taxon: Liupanshaniidae according to C. Pella and A. Nel 2020
Sister taxa: Araripeliupanshania, Brasiliupanshania, Galloliupanshania, Guyuanaeschnidia, Libanoliupanshania, Liupanshania, Paraliupanshania, Paramesuropetala, Protoliupanshania
Subtaxa: Cratoliupanshania magnifica
Type: Cratoliupanshania magnifica
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Crato (MGP-PD Padova collection) (Cretaceous of Brazil)
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