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

Stenophlebia
Temporal range: 160–120 Ma
Stenophlebia latreillei, Upper Jurassic, Solnhofen Plattenkalk, in private collection
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Family: Stenophlebiidae
Genus: Stenophlebia
Hagen, 1866

Classification

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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

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Solnhofen Dragonfly Fossil