Insecta - Odonata - Sieblosiidae

Full reference: A. Nel, J. F. Petrulevicius, G. Gentilini and X. Martinez-Delclos. 2005. Phylogenetic analysis of the Cenozoic family Sieblosiidae (Insecta: Odonata), with description of new taxa from Russia, Italy and France. Geobios 38:219-233

Belongs to Miostenolestes according to A. Nel et al. 2005

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIN 254/2169, an exoskeleton (Four wings and five basal abdominal segments attached to Thorax). Its type locality is Vishnevaya Balka creek, Karagan, Stavropol (PIN collection 254), which is in a Miocene lacustrine shale in the Karagan Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Average measurements (in mm): Body 42.0 x 4.6, hindwing 37.4 x 8.6