†Typhothauma Ren and Shih 2005 (scorpionfly)
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Insecta - Mecoptera - Eomeropidae
Full reference: D. Ren and C. K. Shih. 2005. The first discovery of fossil eomeropids from China (Insecta, Mecoptera). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 30(2):275-280
Parent taxon: Eomeropidae according to X. Lian 2026
See also Bashkuev and Jarzembowski 2023, Ren and Shih 2005 and Zhang et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Blattomeropinae, Burmothauma, Eomerope, Jurachorista, Jurathauma, Pronotiothauma, Tsuchingothauma
Subtaxa: Typhothauma agari Typhothauma excelsa Typhothauma yixianensis
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (2 collections), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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