Where: Italy (43.9° N, 12.9° E: paleocoordinates 43.7° N, 12.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Gessoso-solfifera Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

• The dragonflies are preserved as compression fossils in a well-cemented marly layer called " Strato degli insetti" (GENTIUNI, 1986), outcropping in the higher part of the facies "Marne bituminose".

•Age given as Lower Messinian (6 mya)

Environment/lithology: lagoonal; lithified, fine-grained marl

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected by G. Gentilini in 1974-1991

• Repository: Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Verona. Some specimens given to Krzeminski are at Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow.

Primary reference: G. Gentilini. 1986. Limoniidae and Trichoceridae (Diptera, Nematocera) from the Upper Miocene of Monte Castellaro (Pesaro, Central Italy). Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona 11:171-190 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 113886: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 06.08.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham

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