†Protolindenia antiqua Vander Linden 1827 (true dragonfly)
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Insecta - Odonata - Protolindeniidae
Alternative combinations: Aeschna antiqua, Aeshna antiqua, Uropetala antiqua
Full reference: P. L. Vander Linden. 1827. Notice sur une empreinte d'insecte, renfermée dans un échantillon de calcaire schisteux de Sollenhofen, en Bavière. Nouveaux Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Bruxelles 4:247-253
Belongs to Protolindenia according to A. Handlirsch 1906
See also Hagen 1850, Hagen 1862, Kirby 1890 and Vander Linden 1827
Sister taxa: Protolindenia viohli, Protolindenia wittei
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Solnhofen (Vander Maelen collection) (Jurassic of Germany)
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