Insecta - Hymenoptera - Megalyridae
Full reference: A. P. Rasnitsyn. 2008. Hymenopterous insects (Insecta: Vespida) in the Upper Jurassic deposits of Shar Teg, SW Mongolia. Russian Entomological Journal 17:299-310
Belongs to Mesaulacinus according to A. P. Rasnitsyn 2008
Sister taxa: Mesaulacinus areolatus, Mesaulacinus niger, Mesaulacinus oviformis, Mesaulacinus rasnitsyni, Mesaulacinus sculpturatus, Mesaulacinus stenocerus, Mesaulacinus tenuis
Type specimen: PIN 4270/1547, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Shar-Teg, outcrop 443/1 (PIN collection 4270), which is in a Tithonian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Sharteg Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Shar-Teg, outcrop 443/1 (PIN collection 4270)
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