Dragonfly (Odonata) Protolindenia wittei Gallimimus 6---mastodon tusk

6---mastodon tusk

which are considered to be the distant relatives of all humankind

The bone was probably overlain by a tough

were cast by Sheriff Dennis Hereford on April 22

Dragonfly (Odonata) Protolindenia wittei Gallimimus 6---mastodon tuskJurrasic, Solnhofen, Germany Specimen The Odonata are known to be ancient insects. The oldest recognizable fossils of the group belong to the Protodonata, an ancestral group that is now extinct. The earliest fossils so far discovered come from Upper Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) sediments in Europe formed about 325 million years ago. Like modern day dragonflies, the Protodonata were fast flying with spiny legs that may have assisted in capturing prey;