Libellule fossile

Fossil Dragonfly
Isophlebia aspasia
Upper Jurassic
Germany, Solnhofen
This is a very large fossil dragonfly (Isophlebia aspasia), wingspan measuring 13 cm, from the Upper Jurassic Solnhofen Limestone of Germany. Complete fossil dragonflies are rare finds in this formation. The Solnhofen limestone is a famous Upper Jurassic Lagerstätte in Germany. The fine-grained limestone makes excellent building materials, which has led to heavy quarrying over the past two centuries, resulting in some spectacular fossils being unearthed.

This area represented an archipelago at the edge of a sea. Due to high salt content, the lowest levels in the water column could not support much life and were largely devoid of oxygen. This lack of oxygen and scavengers on the bottom of the sea led to beautiful fossil preservation. Measuring 31 x 34 x 2 cm
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