†Viridiflumineagrion aasei Nel 2022 (flatwing)
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Insecta - Odonata - Megapodagrionidae
Full reference: A. Nel. 2022. A new genus and species of damselfy (Zygoptera, 'Megapodagrionidae' sensu lato) from the Lower Eocene Green River Formation in USA. Historical Biology 35:2166-2170
Belongs to Viridiflumineagrion according to A. Nel 2022
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: FOBU17739, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Douglas Pass (FOBU collection), which is in a Ypresian lacustrine - large shale in the Green River Formation of Colorado.
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Douglas Pass (FOBU collection)
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