†Lebanoaktassia Azar and Nel 2023 (true dragonfly)
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Insecta - Odonata - Aktassiidae
Full reference: D. Azar and A. Nel. 2023. The youngest and first Gondwanan representative of the anisopteran family Aktassiidae from the Upper Cretaceous of Lebanon (Odonata, Petalurida). Cretaceous Research 154(105744)
Parent taxon: Aktassiinae according to D. Azar and A. Nel 2023
Sister taxa: Aeschnogomphus, Aktassia, Sinaktassia
Subtaxa: Lebanoaktassia curiosa
Type: Lebanoaktassia curiosa
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Hjoula (Lebanese University collection) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)
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