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New megapodagrionid damselflies (Odonata: Zygoptera) from the Paleogene of Europe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Julián F. Petrulevičius ,
Torsten Wappler ,
Sonja Wedmann ,
Jes Rust  and
Andre Nel
Julián F. Petrulevičius
Affiliation:
Departamento Científico Paleozoología Invertebrados, Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque, s/n. 1900 La Plata, and CONICET, Argentina,
Torsten Wappler
Affiliation:
Steinmann Institute, University of Bonn, Nussallee 8, D-53115 Bonn, Germany, ,
Sonja Wedmann
Affiliation:
Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Forschungsstation Grube Messel, Marktstr. 35, D-64409 Messel, Germany,
Jes Rust
Affiliation:
Steinmann Institute, University of Bonn, Nussallee 8, D-53115 Bonn, Germany, ,
Andre Nel
Affiliation:
CNRS UMR 5202, CP 50, Entomologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, F-75005 Paris, France,
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Abstract

Three fossil taxa of megapodagrionid damselflies are described and figured from the Paleogene localities in Europe on the basis of isolated wings. Eckfeldia superstes (Wappler, 2003) gen. nov. is described from the laminated mudstones of middle Eocene age from Eckfeld Maar, Germany. Furagrion jutlandicus (Henriksen, 1922) gen. nov. is recorded from the laminated claystones of lowermost Eocene age from the Ølst and Fur-Formation, Denmark, and an undetermined megapodagrionid damselfly is recognized from middle Eocene strata. Taphonomy and color preservation in the fossils are briefly considered. Characters used for phylogenetic analyses in extant and fossil Megapodagrionidae are discussed. The biogeographic and paleoecological implications of the new European fossils are briefly discussed.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 82 , Issue 6 , November 2008 , pp. 1173 - 1181
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