†Cratoliupanshania magnifica 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)
Belongs to Cratoliupanshania according to C. Pella and A. Nel 2020
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MGP-PD 32312, a forewing. Its type locality is Crato (MGP-PD Padova 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 (MGP-PD Padova collection)
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