Insecta - Odonata - Aeschnidiidae

Full reference: A. Nel, C. Jouault, and G. C. Ribeiro. 2022. The third aeschnidiid dragonfly genus and species from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation (Odonata, Anisoptera). Historical Biology 35:865-869

Parent taxon: Aeschnidiidae according to A. Nel et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Aegyptidium, Aeschnidiella, Aeschnidiopsis, Aeschnidium, Angloaeschnidium, Bergeriaeschnidia, Brunetaeschnidium, Brunneaeschnidia, Cooperaeschnidium, Coramaeschnidium, Dakotaeschnidium, Delclosaeschidium, Diastatopaeschnidium, Dracontaeschnidium, Gansuaeschnidia, Gigantoaeschnidium, Hebeiaeschnidia, Iberoaeschnidium, Jarzembowskiaeschnidium, Kesseleraeschnidium, Kimmeridgebrachypteraeschnidium, Leptaeschnidium, Libellula abscissa, Linaeschnidium, Lithoaeschnidium, Lleidoaeschnidium, Malmaeschnidium, Misofaeschnidium, Nannoaeschnidium, Neimengogomphus, Neimengogomphus dongwugaiensis, Pseudosamarura, Pseudosamarura largina, Rossaeschnidium, Santanoptera, Sinaeschnidia, Sinostenophlebia, Solnhofenia, Stylaeschnidium, Tauropteryx, Urogomphus, Wightonia, Yixiangomphus, Yixiangomphus labius, Sona

Subtaxa: Cratoaeschnidium martinsnetoi

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Type: Cratoaeschnidium martinsnetoi

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Pedreira Três Irmãos quarry, Crato (UFABC CCNH collection) (Cretaceous of Brazil)

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