†Tsuchingothauma shihi Ren and Shih 2005 (scorpionfly)
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Insecta - Mecoptera - Eomeropidae
Full reference: D. Ren and C. K. Shih. 2005. The first discovery of fossil eomeropids from China (Insecta, Mecoptera). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 30(2):275-280
Belongs to Tsuchingothauma according to D. Ren and C. K. Shih 2005
Sister taxon: Tsuchingothauma gongi
Type specimen: CNU M-NN200401, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Daohugou (CNU collection)
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