Insecta - Necrotrichoptera - Necrotauliidae
Alternative combinations: Mesotrichopteridium purbeckianum, Paratrichopteridium purbeckianum
Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 1-640
Belongs to Pteromixanum according to W. T. Zhang et al. 2017
See also Handlirsch 1906, Jarzembowski 1995 and Sukatsheva and Jarzembowski 2001
Sister taxa: Pteromixanum inviolatum, Pteromixanum poxwellense, Pteromixanum ruderatum
Type specimen: NHM I 3968, a forewing (forewing missing base). Its type locality is Durlston Bay, Middle Purbeck, Swanage (Brodie collection), which is in a Berriasian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Durlston Formation of the United Kingdom.
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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