Details
From the Jurassic (circa 150 million years ago), the 4 1/2-inches long specimen of Cymatophlebia longilata with an impressive wingspan 6-inches long, with thin fossil vegetation across the centre and top of matrix, the specimen prepped in original limestone matrix.
2212 x 17 x 3/4in. (57 x 43 x 2cm.)
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Lot Essay

The present specimen is in an excellent state of preservation, its veined body and outstretched wings captured in fine detail. Dragonflies and other invertebrate specimens found in Solnhofen are renowned for their aesthetic beauty and brilliant fossil quality, resulting from the creatures falling into a lagoon with high salt content. This in turn provided fine conditions for fossilization.

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