Stenophlebia rolfhuggeri Bechly et al. 2003 (dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Stenophlebiidae

Full reference: G. Bechly, G. Dietl, and G. Schweigert. 2003. A new species of Stenophlebia (Insecta: Odonata: Stenophlebiidae) from the Nusplingen Lithographic Limestone (Upper Jurassic, SW Germany). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 338:1-10

Belongs to Stenophlebia according to G. Bechly et al. 2003

Sister taxa: Stenophlebia amphitrite, Stenophlebia corami, Stenophlebia eichstaettensis, Stenophlebia karatavica, Stenophlebia latreillei, Stenophlebia liaoningensis, Stenophlebia phryne, Stenophlebia ryonsangensis

Type specimen: SMNS 65217, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Nusplingen quarry, unit C (SMNS collection), which is in a Kimmeridgian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Nusplingen Limestone Formation of Germany.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Nusplingen quarry, unit C (SMNS collection)

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