Mesoplectopteron longipes Handlirsch 1918 (mayfly)

Insecta - Ephemerida - Mesoplectopteridae

Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1918. Fossile Ephemeridenlarven aus dem Buntsandstein der Vogesen. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 68:112-114

Belongs to Mesoplectopteron according to P. Sroka and A. H. Staniczek 2022

See also Handlirsch 1918 and Sinitshenkova and Marchal-Papier 2005

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Sulzbach in Elsaß, which is in an Aegean pond claystone in the Grès à Voltzia Formation of France

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Triassic of France (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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