†Saurophthirus Ponomarenko 1976 (flea)
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Insecta - Siphonaptera - Saurophthiridae
Full reference: A. G. Ponomarenko. 1976. A New Insect from the Cretaceous of Transbaikalia, a Possible Parasite of Pterosaurians. Paleontological Journal 10(3):339-343
Parent taxon: Saurophthiridae according to O. D. Strelnikova and A. P. Rasnitsyn 2016
See also Carpenter 1992, Gao et al. 2013 and Ponomarenko 1976
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Saurophthirus exquisitus Saurophthirus laevigatus Saurophthirus longipes
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (2 collections), the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences
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