Cratoliupanshania magnifica Pella and Nel 2020 (true dragonfly)

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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