A new, to date endemic, family of dragonfly in the mid-Cretaceous fossil fish Konservat-Lagerstätte of Haqel, Lebanon (Odonata: Anisoptera)
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: The new family Libanoaeshnidae fam. nov., with the new genus and species Libanoaeshna mikhaeli gen. et sp. nov., are characterised, described and illustrated from Haqel, the famous upper Cenomanian fossil fish outcrop of Lebanon. This is the first time that a fossil insect is reported from this site. Libanoaeshnidae fam. nov., together with three other Cretaceous families, can be included in the stem group of the modern Aeshnodea Bechly, 1996, confirming the important diversification of this clade during this period, even if the oldest known representatives of the Aeshnidae sensu stricto are still Eocene.
Source: Zootaxa
Institutions: Lebanese University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, École Pratique des Hautes Études, Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie
Language: English
Topic: Fossil Insects in Amber
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4401717960