Mesopalingea lerida Whalley and Jarzembowski 1985 (mayfly)

Insecta - Ephemeroptera - Palingeniidae

Full reference: P. E. S. Whalley and E. A. Jarzembowski. 1985. Fossil insects from the Lithographic Limestone Montsech (Late Jurassic-early Cretaceous), Lérida Province, Spain. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 38(5):381-412

Belongs to Mesopalingea according to P. E. S. Whalley and E. A. Jarzembowski 1985

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BMNH In 59509, a nymph. Its type locality is La Pedrera de Rubies (BMNH 1955 collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large limestone in the La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation of Spain.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Spain (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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