Insecta - Siphonaptera - Saurophthiridae
Full reference: A. G. Ponomarenko. 1976. A New Insect from the Cretaceous of Transbaikalia, a Possible Parasite of Pterosaurians. Paleontological Journal 10(3):339-343
Belongs to Saurophthirus according to A. P. Rasnitsyn and O. D. Strelnikova 2018
See also Ponomarenko 1976 and Strelnikova and Rasnitsyn 2016
Sister taxa: Saurophthirus exquisitus, Saurophthirus laevigatus
Type specimen: PIN 3064/1898, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baissa (PIN collection 3064), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large marl in the Zaza Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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