Insecta - Odonata - Sieblosiidae
Full reference: A. Nel and F. Escuillé. 1993. Découverte d'un nouveau genre de Sieblosiidae dans le Miocène supérieur de l'Ardèche (France) (Odonata, Zygoptera, Lestoidea, Sieblosiidae). Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie (N.S.) 10:233-242
Belongs to Paraoligolestes according to S. B. Archibald et al. 2021
See also Nel and Escuillé 1993 and Nel and Paicheler 1994
Sister taxon: Paraoligolestes stavropolensis
Type specimen: MNHN-LP-R 10382, an exoskeleton (four wings probably attached to thorax, obscured by fracture). Its type locality is Montagne d'Andance, Saint-Bauzile, Privas (MNHN collection), which is in a Turolian crater lake diatomite/volcaniclastic in France.
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Montagne d'Andance, Saint-Bauzile, Privas (MNHN collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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