Cratoaeschnidium martinsnetoi Nel et al. 2022 (small darner)

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

Belongs to Cratoaeschnidium according to A. Nel et al. 2022

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CCNH 445, a forewing. Its type locality is Pedreira Três Irmãos quarry, Crato (UFABC CCNH 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 Pedreira Três Irmãos quarry, Crato (UFABC CCNH collection)

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