Insecta - Raphidioptera - Baissopteridae
Full reference: J. Jepson, J. Ansorge, and E. A. Jarzembowski. 2011. New snakeflies (Insecta: Raphidioptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of the UK, Spain and Brazil. Palaeontology 54(2):385-395
Belongs to Baissoptera according to J. Jepson et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Baissoptera bicolor, Baissoptera brasiliensis, Baissoptera burmana, Baissoptera cellulosa, Baissoptera cretaceoelectra, Baissoptera elongata, Baissoptera grandis, Baissoptera liaoningensis, Baissoptera maculata, Baissoptera martinsoni, Baissoptera monopoda, Baissoptera pankowskiorum, Baissoptera pulchra, Baissoptera sibirica, Baissoptera sinica, Baissoptera wangi
Type specimen: CAMSM X.50155.2, an exoskeleton (female). Its type locality is Crato (Wunderlich collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large lime mudstone in the Crato Formation of Brazil.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Crato (Sedgwick Museum collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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