†Probascanion megacephalum Handlirsch 1939 (true bug)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Probascanionidae
Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1939. Neue Untersuchungen über die fossilen Insekten mit Ergänzungen und Nachträgen sowie Ausblicken auf phylogenetische, palaeogeographische und allgemein biologische Probleme. II Teil. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 49:1-240
Belongs to Probascanion according to Y. A. Popov 1992
See also Handlirsch 1939
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NMW 1984/33/6, an exoskeleton (bug without antennae or legs). Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (NHMW collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (NHMW collection)
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