Oligaeschna jungi Piton and Théobald 1939 (darner dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Aeshnidae

Full reference: L. Piton and N. Théobald. 1939. Poissons, crustacés et insectes fossiles de l'Oligocène du Puy-de-Mur (Auvergne). Mémoires de la Société des Sciences du Nancy 4:77-123

Belongs to Oligaeschna according to A. Nel et al. 2020

See also Piton and Théobald 1939

Sister taxa: Oligaeschna ashutasica, Oligaeschna bulgariensis, Oligaeschna kvaceki, Oligaeschna lapidaria, Oligaeschna palaeocoerulea, Oligaeschna saurai, Oligaeschna separata, Oligaeschna sinica, Oligaeschna wedmanni

Type specimen: MNHN-LP-R.54920, a forewing. Its type locality is Puy-Saint-Jean, which is in an Oligocene crater lake limestone in France.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of France (2 collections), Germany (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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