†Saurodectes vrsanskyi Rasnitsyn and Zherikhin 1999 (winged insect)
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Insecta - Dicondylia - Saurodectidae
Full reference: A. P. Rasnitsyn and V. V. Zherikhin. 1999. First fossil chewing louse from the Lower Cretaceous of Baissa, Transbaikalia (Insecta, Pediculida=Phthiriaptera, Saurodectidae fam n). Russian Entomological Journal 8(4):253-255
Belongs to Saurodectes according to A. P. Rasnitsyn and V. V. Zherikhin 1999
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PIN 4210/7056, an exoskeleton (complete insect). Its type locality is Baissa (PIN collection 4210, layer 35), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large siltstone/marl in the Zaza Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baissa (PIN collection 4210, layer 35)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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