†Xenoptera riojaensis Pinto 1986 (winged insect)
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Insecta - Megasecoptera - Xenopteraidae
Full reference: I. D. Pinto. 1986. Carboniferous insects from Argentina III familia Xenopteridae Pinto, nov. ordo Megasecoptera. Pesquisas 18:23-29
Belongs to Xenoptera according to I. D. Pinto 1986
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PZ inv. 19890, an exoskeleton (poorly preserved body and 3 wings). Its type locality is Malanzán, Cuesta de la Herradura, which is in a Bashkirian terrestrial horizon in the Malanzán Formation of Argentina.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Malanzán, Cuesta de la Herradura
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