Zygoptera

  • Green River Fossil
    Photographer: Dov Scher : Field Museum of Natural History
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: Damselfly Zygoptera sp. Early Eocene (50 million years ago) Fossil Lake, Wyoming Geology Specimen # PE51414 Individual Green River fossil specimens.
  • Damselflies
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: Damselflies (suborder Zygoptera) from the FBM 18-inch layer. Top left) Undescribed species of the family Coenagrionidae (the ?pond damselflies?) with body length of 39 millimeters (specimen number FMNH PE51414). From Locality A. Top right) Well-preserved wing of an undescribed transparent-winged species of Coenagrionidae, 27 millimeters long (specimen number FMNH PE51415). Bottom) Undescribed species of the family Calopterygidae (the ?demoiselles?) with a wing span of 60 millimeters (specimen number FOBU 448). From FBM Locality A.
Catalog Number: PE 51414
Taxonomic Name: Zygoptera
FM Catalog: Fossil Invertebrates
Object Kind: Hand Specimen
Lot count: 1
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Period: Paleogene
Earliest Epoch: Eocene
Formation: Green River
Member: Fossil Butte
Coordinates Available?: No
Country: United States of America
State/Province/Territory: Wyoming
County: Lincoln
Township: Kemmerer
Collector: L. Grande
EMu IRN: 2250873
Occurrence ID: 8dd7dcfd-517e-4baa-a28d-f848bb8694fb

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