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Fossil Odonata


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Image Size Photographer Description
252K Angelika Leipner, Osnabrück, Germany Erasipterella piesbergensis Brauckmann 1983, Carboniferous, Westfalian D Piesberg, Osnabrück, Germany, coll. Museum am Schölerberg (Osnabrück, Germany) no. G 671
51K Günter Bechly, Böblingen, Germany Euarchistigma atrophium Carle & Wighton,1990, Lower Cretaceous, Santana-Formation, Brazil, no. 46, private coll. (Germany)
48K Günter Bechly, Böblingen, Germany Italophlebia gervasuttii Whalley, 1987, male, Upper Triassic, Bergamo, Italy, Mus. Civ. Sci. Nat. Bergamo (Italy) no. 3460a (holotype)
28K Günter Bechly, Böblingen, Germany Isophlebia aspasia (Hagen, 1862), female, Upper Jurassic, Solnhofen, Germany, coll. H. Tischlinger (Stammham, Germany) no. 71/64
39K Günter Bechly, Böblingen, Germany Isophlebia aspasia (Hagen, 1862), Upper Jurassic, Solnhofen, Germany, coll. H. Tischlinger (Stammham, Germany) no. 69/90
30K Günter Bechly, Böblingen, Germany Nothomacromia sensibilis ? Carle & Wighton,1990, giant larva (probably Aeschnidiidae), Lower Cretaceous, Santana-Formation, Brazil, no. 62, private coll. (Germany)
35K Günter Bechly, Böblingen, Germany Urogomphus sp. nov., Upper Jurassic, Nusplingen, Germany, Staatl. Mus. Naturk. Stuttgart (Germany) no. 62602
41K Günter Bechly, Böblingen, Germany Mesuropetala koehleri (Hagen, 1848), Upper Jurassic, Solnhofen, Germany, coll. U. Resch (Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany) (the only known fossil dragonfly tandem!)
34K Günter Bechly, Böblingen, Germany Cymatophlebia sp. nov., male, Upper Jurassic, Solnhofen, Germany, coll. D. Kümpel (Wuppertal, Germany) no. 42
34K Prof. Dr. Xavier Martinez-Delclos, Barcelona, Spain Cymatophlebia longialata (Münster, 1839), female, Upper Jurassic, Solnhofen, Germany, Mus. Maxberg (Solnhofen, Germany)


This gallery shall only include high quality photos and photos of rare and/or extraordinary species of fossil and extant odonates worldwide.
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Last Update: 24th February, 2010

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