Biology:Stenophlebia

Short description: Extinct genus of dragonflies

Stenophlebia Temporal range: 160–120 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Stenophlebia latreillei, Upper Jurassic, Solnhofen Plattenkalk, in private collection
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Family:	Stenophlebiidae
Genus:	Stenophlebia

Stenophlebia is an extinct genus of dragon-damselfly from late Jurassic and early Cretaceous period.

Classification

This extinct genus includes the following nine described species:

• • S. amphitrite (Hagen, 1862) - Upper Jurassic, Germany (type species), 150 mya
  • S. corami Nel and Jarzembowski, 1996 - Lower Cretaceous, England, 145 mya
  • S. eichstaettensis Nel et al., 1993 - Upper Jurassic, Germany, 150 mya
  • S. karatavica Pritykina, 1968 - Upper Jurassic, Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, 160 mya
  • S. latreillei (Germar, 1839) - Upper Jurassic, Germany, 150 mya
  • S. liaoningensis Zheng et al., 2016 - Lower Cretaceous, China
  • S. lithographica (Giebel, 1857) - Upper Jurassic, Germany, 150 mya
  • S. phryne (Hagen, 1862) - Upper Jurassic, Germany, 150 mya
  • S. rolfhuggeri Bechly et al., 2003 - Upper Jurassic, Germany, 150 mya

References

Solnhofen Dragonfly Fossil

Wikidata ☰ Q7607712 entry