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202-Million-Year-Old Damsel-Dragonfly Fossil Unearthed in UK
The new find suggests that Liassophlebiidae — a small extinct family of damsel-dragonflies known from the Early Mesozoic of Europe, Asia, and Antarctica — arose in the immediate aftermath of the Triassic-Jurassic mass extinction. An artist’s impression of Liassophlebia sp., resting on a frond of the paleofern species Phlebopteris muensteri. Image credit: Jules Kiely, Bristol
October 27, 2023