Dragonfly wing

3D Model

Species: Typus whitei

This fossil, is the type specimen for T. whitei and is from the Hermit Shale of Lower Permian time (~280 million years old). This nearly complete fore-wing is from an early and much larger insect simlar to a dragonfly.

The description of the fossil by Carpenter (1928) is available here: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/psyche/1928/082052/abs/

This fossil is in the collections at Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. Learn about paleontology in the National Park Service: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/fossils/index.htm

Learn more about Grand Canyon National Park’s Centennial: https://www.nps.gov/grca/getinvolved/centennial.htm