page_title: Stenophlebiidae
section_title: Body
hierarchical_section_title: Stenophlebiidae / Description / Adult / Body
caption_attribution_description: English: Cratostenophlebia schwickerti (Odonata: Stenophlebiidae), Lower Cretaceous, Crato Formation, Brazil, male holotype WDC 136, head
context_page_description: The Stenophlebiidae is an extinct family of medium-sized to large fossil odonates from the Upper Jurassic and Cretaceous period that belongs to the damsel-dragonfly grade within the stem group of Anisoptera. They are characterized by their long and slender wings, and the transverse shape of the discoidal triangles in their wing venation.
context_section_description: The head is similar to that of Recent Gomphidae with two large and globular compound eyes that are distinctly separated. The three ocelli are arranged in a triangle on the globular vertex. The mandibles are strong. The legs have short and strong spines.
caption: Cratostenophlebia schwickert, Lower Cretaceous, Brazil, head of male holotype
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