†Lebanoaktassia curiosa 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)
Belongs to Lebanoaktassia according to D. Azar and A. Nel 2023
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: LU I-26226/2, a forewing. Its type locality is Hjoula (Lebanese University collection), which is in a Cenomanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Sannine Limestone Formation of Lebanon.
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Hjoula (Lebanese University collection)
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