Insecta - Archaeognatha - Dasyleptidae
Full reference: G. Bechly and R. Stockar. 2011. The first Mesozoic record of the extinct apterygote insect Dasyleptus (Insecta: Archaeognatha: Monura: Dasyleptidae) from the Triassic of Monte San Giorgio (Switzerland). Palaeodiversity 4:23-37
Belongs to Dasyleptus according to G. Bechly and R. Stockar 2011
Sister taxa: Dasyleptus artinskianus, Dasyleptus brongniarti, Dasyleptus lucasi, Dasyleptus noli, Dasyleptus rowlandi, Dasyleptus sharovi, Dasyleptus sinensis
Type specimen: MCSN 8343, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Val Mara VM 227, Meride, Monte San Giorgio, which is in a Longobardian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Meride Formation of Switzerland.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Val Mara VM 227, Meride, Monte San Giorgio
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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