†Megabittacus spatiosus Yang et al. 2012 (hangingfly)
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Insecta - Mecoptera - Bittacidae
Full reference: X. G. Yang, D. Ren, and C. K. Shih. 2012. New fossil hangingflies (Mecoptera, Raptipeda, Bittacidae) from the Middle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous of northeastern China. Geodiversitas 34:785-799
Belongs to Megabittacus according to K. Kopeć et al. 2016
See also Yang et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Megabittacus beipiaoensis, Megabittacus colosseus
Type specimen: CNU-MEC-NN2010003, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dawangzhangzi, Lingyuan City (CNU collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large shale in the Yixian Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dawangzhangzi, Lingyuan City (CNU collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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