Saxonagrion minutus nov gen. et sp., the oldest damselfly from the Upper Permian of France (Odonatoptera, Panodonata, Saxonagrionidae nov fam.)

Authors
Nel, A Gand, G Fleck, G Bethoux, O Lapeyrie, J Garric, J
Citation
A. Nel et al., Saxonagrion minutus nov gen. et sp., the oldest damselfly from the Upper Permian of France (Odonatoptera, Panodonata, Saxonagrionidae nov fam.), GEOBIOS, 32(6), 1999, pp. 883-888
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Earth Sciences
Journal title
GEOBIOS
ISSN journal
00166995 → ACNP
Volume
32
Issue
6
Year of publication
1999
Pages
883 - 888
Database
ISI
SICI code
0016-6995(1999)32:6<883:SMNGES>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Saxonagrion minutus nov. gen. et sp. was found in the Saxonian (Salagou For mation) of the Lodeve basin. It is the oldest and the first record of the m odern infra-order Panodonata in the Palaeozoic (Upper Permian of France). T he present discovery supports the hypothesis concerning the persistance of many groups of Odonatoptera through the Permo-Triassic boundary.