Germanostenolestes lutzi Nel and Fleck 2012 (damselfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Sieblosiidae

Full reference: A. Nel and G. Fleck. 2012. A new genus and species of Sieblosiidae from the Middle Miocene of Germany (Odonata: Epiproctophora). Zootaxa 3582:64-68

Belongs to Germanostenolestes according to S. B. Archibald et al. 2021

See also Nel and Fleck 2012

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NHM OR 59573, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Oeningen (von Breda collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Oeningen (von Breda collection)

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