Insecta - Odonata - Eolestidae
Full reference: D. E. Greenwalt and G. Bechly. 2014. A re-description of the fossil damselfly Eolestes syntheticus Cockerell, 1940 (Odonata: Zygoptera: Eolestidae n. fam.) with description of new taxa from the Eocene of North America. Zootaxa 3887:138-156
Belongs to Eolestes according to D. E. Greenwalt and G. Bechly 2014
Sister taxon: Eolestes syntheticus
Type specimen: USNM 559047, a wing. Its type locality is Disbrow Creek, Middle Fork Flathead River (Kishenehn), which is in a Lutetian lacustrine - large shale in the Kishenehn Formation of Montana.
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Disbrow Creek, Middle Fork Flathead River (Kishenehn)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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