Juracordulia schiemenzi Bechly 1998 (true dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Juracorduliidae

Full reference: G. Bechly. 1998. Juracordulia schiemenzi gen. et. sp. nov., Eine neue Libelle aus den Solnhofener Plattenkalken (Insecta: Odonata: Anisoptera). Archaeopteryx 16:29-36

Belongs to Juracordulia according to G. Bechly 1998

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MCZ 5911, a wing (Four wings attached to thorax). Its type locality is Solnhofen (MCZ coll), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Solnhofen (MCZ coll)

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