First record of the fossil dragonfly family Eumorbaeschnidae from the Upper Jurassic of Poland
Günter Bechly and Adrian Kin
The fossil dragonfly Eumorbaeschna adriankini sp. nov. is decribed as first fossil insect from the Upper Jurassic of
Central Poland (Owadów−Brzezinki quarry, Tomaszów Mazowiecki area), and as first record of the family Eumorbaeschnidae (Odonata, Anisoptera, Aeshnoptera) outside the Solnhofen lithographic limestone.
Günter Bechly [guenter.bechly@smns-bw.de], Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Rosenstein 1, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany. Adrian Kin passed away on June 26th, 2012.
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