Jurassic Dragonfly Stenophlebia lantreillei for sale

Description

Jurassic Dragonfly Stenophlebia lantreillei from Solnhofen Limestone for sale. Good preserved specimen, with some legs showing. Eyes mineralised. The two cerci on the end of the body tell us it is a male. They are used to hold on to the females. Stenophlebia lantreillei is a species with front wings each between 50 to 62.3 mm and rear wings each between 48 and 61.5 mm. The average body length is 8 to 10 cm. There seem to be exceptions that are larger and smaller in body length. This Jurassic Dragonfly Stenophlebia lantreillei here is average. 50 mm front wing and 48 mm rear wing and a body length of 8 cm. The visible cracks are not glued but naturally mineralised.

Dragonflies are harder to get these days. The Solnhofen and Eichstaedt Quarries worked on a lower scale in the more recents years. Many Quarries closed down or producing products with machines. The days of the old handbroken Limestones for decorative purposes are almost over for now. As of July 2023 the remaining quarries closed down for now. There is more in storage, than there is demand. Although there are a couple “you dig” quarries that might give up a rare Dragonfly once in a while. The others will come from private collections.

For more information you can go to or click here :  https://www.solnhofen-fossilienatlas.de and write the german name for Dragonflies = Libellen, under Suche. If you want a english translation it would be better to google Solnhofen Fossilienatls and choose “translate this page” in Google already.

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