†Xyelydontes sculpturatus Rasnitsyn 1983 (sawfly)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Megalodontesidae
Alternative combination: Xyelodontes sculpturatus
Full reference: A. P. Rasnitsyn. 1983. Fossil Hymenoptera of the Superfamily Pamphilioidea. Paleontological Journal 17(2):56-70
Belongs to Xyelodontes according to M. Wang et al. 2015
See also Rasnitsyn 1983 and Taeger et al. 2010
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PIN 3559/653, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559), which is in an Aptian lacustrine siliciclastic in the Dzun-Bain Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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