''Isophlebia'' is an extinct genus of
fossil
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odonates belonging to the family
Isophlebiidae.
[
These fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivores lived during the ]Jurassic
The Jurassic ( ) is a Geological period, geologic period and System (stratigraphy), stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately Mya. The J ...
period of Germany, from 150.8 to 145.5 Ma.[
]
Species
* †''Isophlebia aspasia'' Hagen, 1866[
]
References
GBIF
*Hagen HA (1866). "Die Neuroptera des lithographischen Schiefers in Bayern. Pars I: Tarsophlebia, Isophlebia, Stenophlebia, Anax". Palaeontographica 15: 57–96.
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Fossil Odonata genera
Late Jurassic insects
Fossils of Germany
Fossil taxa described in 1866
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