Eckfeldia superstes Wappler 2003 (flatwing)

Insecta - Odonata - Megapodagrionidae

Alternative combination: Euarchistigma superstes

Full reference: T. Wappler. 2003. Systematik, Phylogenie, Taphonomie und Paläoökologie der Insekten aus dem Mittel-Eozän des Eckfelder Maares, Vulkaneifel. Clausthaler Geowissenschaften 2:1-241

Belongs to Eckfeldia according to J. F. Petrulevičius et al. 2008

See also Wappler 2003

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NHMM PE 2000/44a+b, a wing. Its type locality is Eckfeld Maar (NHMN 2000 collection), which is in a MP 13 crater lake siltstone/shale in the Eifel Formation of Germany.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Eckfeld Maar (NHMN 2000 collection)

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