Insecta - Dicondylia - Chresmodidae
Full reference: M. S. Engel and S. W. Heads. 2008. Taxonomic names, in The enigmatic Mesozoic insect taxon Chresmodidae (Polyneoptera): new palaeobiological and phylogenetic data, with the description of a new species from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 247:353-381
Belongs to Chresmoda according to M. S. Engel and S. W. Heads 2008
Sister taxa: Chresmoda aquatica, Chresmoda chikuni, Chresmoda libanica, Chresmoda mongolica, Chresmoda multinervis, Chresmoda obscura, Chresmoda orientalis, Chresmoda oweni, Chresmoda shihi
Type specimen: SMNS 66000-13, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Crato (SMNS collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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