Insecta - Raphidioptera - Mesoraphidiidae
Alternative combination: Grimaldiraphidia durlstonensis
Full reference: J. E. Jepson, R. A. Coram, and E. A. Jarzembowski. 2009. Raphidioptera (Insecta: Neuropterida) from the Lower Cretaceous Purbeck Limestone Group, Dorset, UK. Cretaceous Research 30:527-532
Belongs to Mesoraphidia according to Y. N. Lu et al. 2015
See also Bechly and Wolf-Schwenninger 2011, Jepson et al. 2009 and Pérez-de la Fuente et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Mesoraphidia amoena, Mesoraphidia baekthoensis, Mesoraphidia daohugouensis, Mesoraphidia ednae, Mesoraphidia elongata, Mesoraphidia furcivenata, Mesoraphidia gobiensis, Mesoraphidia grandis, Mesoraphidia heteroneura, Mesoraphidia hilli, Mesoraphidia inaequalis, Mesoraphidia koreensis, Mesoraphidia longistigmosa, Mesoraphidia medialis, Mesoraphidia phantasma, Mesoraphidia polyphlebia, Mesoraphidia pterostigmalis, Mesoraphidia ryonsangensis, Mesoraphidia shangyuanensis, Mesoraphidia similis, Mesoraphidia sinica, Mesoraphidia websteri
Type specimen: BMB 018371/7, a forewing. Its type locality is Durlston Bay, Bed DB175, Swanage (BMB collection), which is in a Berriasian lagoonal siliciclastic in the Durlston Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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