Aureophlebia sinitshenkovae Peters and Peters 2000 (mayfly)

Insecta - Ephemeroptera - Leptophlebiidae

Full reference: W. L. Peters and J. G. Peters. 2000. Discovery of a new genus of Leptophlebiidae: Leptophlebiinae (Ephemeroptera) in Cretaceous amber from New Jersey. Studies on Fossils in Amber, with Particular Reference to the Cretaceous of New Jersey 127-131

Belongs to Aureophlebia according to W. L. Peters and J. G. Peters 2000

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: AMNH NJ-717, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits), which is in a Turonian delta plain amber/lignite in the Raritan Formation of New Jersey.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits)

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