Palaeaeschna vidali Meunier 1914 (darner dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Aeshnidae

Full reference: F. Meunier. 1914. Un blátido y una larva de odonato del Kimeridgense de la Sierra del Montsech (Lérida). Memorias de la Real Academia de Ciencias y Artes de Barcelona. Tercera época 11:121-126

Belongs to Palaeaeschna according to A. Nel et al. 1994

See also Martínez-Delclòs 1990, Meunier 1914 and Whalley and Jarzembowski 1985

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MGB 504, a nymph. Its type locality is La Pedrera de Rubies, Sierra del Montsech (Vidal collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large limestone in the La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation of Spain.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Spain (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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