Insecta - Raphidioptera - Baissopteridae
Full reference: J. D. Oswald. 1990. Insects from the Santana Formation, Lower Cretaceous, of Brazil. Chapter 8: Raphidioptera. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 195:154-163
Belongs to Baissoptera according to M. S. Engel 2002
See also Oswald 1990
Sister taxa: Baissoptera bicolor, Baissoptera burmana, Baissoptera cellulosa, Baissoptera cretaceoelectra, Baissoptera elongata, Baissoptera grandis, Baissoptera liaoningensis, Baissoptera lisae, Baissoptera maculata, Baissoptera martinsoni, Baissoptera monopoda, Baissoptera pankowskiorum, Baissoptera pulchra, Baissoptera sibirica, Baissoptera sinica, Baissoptera wangi
Type specimen: AMNH 43287, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Crato (AMNH collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Crato (AMNH collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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