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

André NelGünther FleckJean LapeyrieJacques GarricOlivier BéthouxGeorges Gand

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biologyPaleozoicPermianOdonatopteraMandibulataPaleontologyBiostratigraphybiology.organism_classificationPaleontologyDamselflySpace and Planetary SciencePhanerozoicMesozoicGeology

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Abstract Saxonagrion minutus nov. gen. et sp. was found in the Saxonian (Salagou Formation) of the Lodeve basin. It is the oldest and the first record of the modern infra-order Panodonata in the Palaezoic (Upper Permian of France). The present discovery supports the hypothesis concerning the persistance of many groups of Odonatoptera through the Permo-Triassic boundary.

https://doi.org/10.1016/s0016-6995(99)80870-5