![[Libellulium longilatum]](dragonf.jpg)
Insects such as this dragonfly were not inhabitants of the Solenhofen Sea, but were blown in, washed in, or fell in, and were then preserved by the saline rich, oxygen poor waters until they could be covered by fine, limy mud.
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Libellulium longilatum (Germar, 1837): Late Jurassic (152-158 my), Solenhofen Limestone, near Solenhofen, Bavaria, Germany [length = 57 mm, wingspan = 145 mm]. LACMIP locality 3388.
Insects such as this dragonfly were not inhabitants of the Solenhofen Sea, but were blown in, washed in, or fell in, and were then preserved by the saline rich, oxygen poor waters until they could be covered by fine, limy mud. |