†Palaeometropus cassus Sinitshenkova 2000 (Mayfly)
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Insecta - Ephemeroptera - Ametropodidae
Full reference: N. D. Sinitshenkova. 2000. New Jersey amber mayflies: the first North American Mesozoic members of the order (Insecta; Ephemeroptera). Studies on fossils in amber, with particular reference to the Cretaceous of New Jersey 111-125
Belongs to Palaeometropus according to N. D. Sinitshenkova 2000
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMNH NJ-560, an exoskeleton (middle leg femur). Its type locality is New Jersey amber, White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits), which is in a Turonian delta plain amber/lignite in the Raritan Formation of New Jersey.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at New Jersey amber, White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits)
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