Baissopsyche pura Novokshonov and Sukacheva 2001 (scorpionfly)

Insecta - Mecoptera - Mesopsychidae

Full reference: V. G. Novokshonov and I. D. Sukacheva. 2001. Fossil Scorpionflies of the "Suborder" Paratrichoptera (Insecta: Mecoptera). Paleontological Journal 35:173-182

Belongs to Baissopsyche according to X. D. Lin et al. 2016

See also Novokshonov and Sukacheva 2001

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIN 1989/60, a wing. Its type locality is Baissa (PIN collection 1989), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large siltstone/marl in the Zaza Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Mongolia (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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