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Community College (LRCCD)
Geology & Earth
Science Instructor: Arthur Reed, P.G.
Happy
Fossil Friday!
Friday October 30, 2020
Instructor: Arthur Reed, P.G.
Dragonflies in the Jurassic
You
are looking at a dragonfly fossil (Cymatophlebia longialata) from the Jurassic limestone of Germany. These lived between 200 and 145 million years
ago.
Invertebrates
were the first group of animals to evolve powered flight, 100 million years
before any other group would take to the sky!
Source:
@NHM_London
Brief
visit to the Solnhofen Limestone Quarry in Germany
where this fossil was found.
