Insecta - Odonata - Liupanshaniidae
Full reference: G. C. Ribeiro and A. Nel. 2023. A new dragonfly genus and species from the Crato Formation, with a revised phylogenetic study of the Mesozoic family Liupanshaniidae (Odonata: Aeshnoptera). Cretaceous Research 148(105545)
Belongs to Brasiliupanshania according to G. C. Ribeiro and A. Nel 2023
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CCNH 568, an exoskeleton. 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)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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