†family Pseudostenolestidae Garrouste and Nel 2015 (dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Pseudostenolestidae

Full reference: R. Garrouste and A. Nel. 2015. New Eocene damselflies and first Cenozoic damsel-dragonfly of the isophlebiopteran lineage (Insecta: Odonata). Zootaxa 4028:354-366

Parent taxon: Isophlebioptera according to R. Garrouste and A. Nel 2015

Sister taxa: Eosagrionidae, Euthemistidae, Isophlebiida, Paragonophlebiidae, Parazygoptera, Parazygoptera, Triassolestidae

Subtaxa: Pseudostenolestes

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Type: Pseudostenolestes

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Grube Messel Pit (Senckenberg SMF collection) (Eocene of Germany)

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