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A unique, large-sized stem Odonata (Insecta) found in the early Pennsylvanian of New Brunswick (Canada)
CR2P (Centre de Recherche en Paléontologie – Paris), MNHN – CNRS
– Sorbonne Université, 57 rue Cuvier, CP38, 75005, Paris, France
Rowan E. Norrad
Citadel High School, 1855 Trollope St., Halifax, Nova Scotia,
B3H 0A4, Canada
Matthew R. Stimson
Steinhammer Paleontological Laboratories, Geology/Paleontology
section, Natural History Department, New Brunswick Museum, 277 Douglas Ave,
Saint John New Brunswick, E2K 1E5, Canada
Department of Geology, Saint Mary's University, 923 Robie St., Halifax, Nova Scotia,
B3H 3C3, Canada
Olivia A. King
Steinhammer Paleontological Laboratories, Geology/Paleontology
section, Natural History Department, New Brunswick Museum, 277 Douglas Ave,
Saint John New Brunswick, E2K 1E5, Canada
Department of Geology, Saint Mary's University, 923 Robie St., Halifax, Nova Scotia,
B3H 3C3, Canada
Luke F. Allen
Citadel High School, 1855 Trollope St., Halifax, Nova Scotia,
B3H 0A4, Canada
Isabelle Deregnaucourt
CR2P (Centre de Recherche en Paléontologie – Paris), MNHN – CNRS
– Sorbonne Université, 57 rue Cuvier, CP38, 75005, Paris, France
Steven J. Hinds
Geological Surveys Branch – New Brunswick Department of Natural
Resources and Energy Development, 135 Regent St., Fredericton, New
Brunswick, E3C 2G6, Canada
Jake H. Lewis
Steinhammer Paleontological Laboratories, Geology/Paleontology
section, Natural History Department, New Brunswick Museum, 277 Douglas Ave,
Saint John New Brunswick, E2K 1E5, Canada
Canadian Museum of Nature, 1740 Pink Road, Gatineau, Quebec,
J9J 3N7, Canada
Jörg W. Schneider
TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Institut für Geologie,
Bernhard-von-Cotta-Straße 2, 09596, Freiberg, Germany
Kazan Federal University, Institute of Geology and Petroleum
Technologies, Kremlyovskaya 18, 420008, Kazan, Russia
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Short summary
A specimen of an extinct relative of damsel- and dragonflies was discovered from ca. 310-million-years-old strata from New Brunswick (Canada). It is composed of an incomplete hindwing belonging to a new species whose wingspan was about 35 cm. Despite its incompleteness, it composes a useful addition to our knowledge of the early evolution of the group, owing to its unique combination of traits.
A specimen of an extinct relative of damsel- and dragonflies was discovered from ca....