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The first fossil representative of the extant clubtail dragonfly genus Lindenia from the mid-Miocene of Öhningen, Germany

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Boderau, Mathieu, Engel, Michael S., Stössel, Iwan, Nel, Andre (2024): The first fossil representative of the extant clubtail dragonfly genus Lindenia from the mid-Miocene of Öhningen, Germany. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 69 (1): 23-27, DOI: 10.4202/app.01123.2023, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.4202/app.01123.2023

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