Oligolestes stoeffelensis Nel et al. 2020 (damselfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Sieblosiidae

Full reference: A. Nel, M. J. Poschmann, and S. Wedmann. 2020. New dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata) from the late Oligocene of Enspel (Rhineland-Palatinate, SW Germany). Palaeontologia Electronica 23(3.a59):1-24

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

Sister taxon: Oligolestes grandis

Type specimen: PE 1999/9164-LS, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Enspel, which is in a MP 28 crater lake shale/tuff in the Enspel Formation of Germany.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Enspel

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