Insecta - Odonata - Aeschnidiidae
Full reference: G. Bechly. 2000. Two new fossil dragonfly species (Insecta: Odonata: Pananisoptera: Aeschnidiidae and Atassiidae) from the Solnhofen lithographic limestones (Upper Jurassic, Germany). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 288:1-9
Belongs to Solnhofenia according to G. Bechly 2000
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: SMNS 64274, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Blumenberg quarry, Eichstätt, which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Altmühltal Formation of Germany.
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Blumenberg quarry, Eichstätt, Solnhofen (SMNS collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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