[Rockhounds] First fossil dragonflies from British Columbia identified and named

[Paul]

First fossil dragonflies from B.C. identified and named
Simon Fraser University, November 04, 2019
http://www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stories/2019/11/first-fossil-dragonflies-from-bc-identified-and-named.html

Fifty-million-year-old dragonfly species that once flew
in B.C. identified for first time. Identifying dragonflies
from fossils involves mapping their distinctive wings and
comparing the results to species living today. By Kevin Griffen,
Vancouver Sun, November 4, 2019
https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/fifty-million-year-old-dragonfly-species-that-once-flew-in-b-c-identified-for-first-time

The open access paper is:

Archibald, S.B. and Cannings, R.A., 2019. Fossil dragonflies
 ??(Odonata: Anisoptera) from the early Eocene Okanagan
Highlands, western North America. The Canadian Entomologist, pp.1-34.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-entomologist/article/fossil-dragonflies-odonata-anisoptera-from-the-early-eocene-okanagan-highlands-western-north-america/74A59170711807272E35236BA309AC9A

Related paper is:

Archibald, S.B., Greenwood, D.R., Smith, R.Y., Mathewes, R.W.,
and Basinger, J.F. 2011a. Great Canadian Lagerst??tten 1. Early
Eocene Lagerst??tten of the Okanagan Highlands (British
Columbia and Washington State). Geoscience Canada, 38:155???164.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262485004_Great_Canadian_Lagerstatten_1_Early_Eocene_Lagerstatten_of_the_Okanagan_Highlands_British_Columbia_and_Washington_State

Yours,

Paul H.