†Ephemeropsis melanurus Cockerell 1924 (mayfly)
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Insecta - Ephemeroptera - Hexagenitidae
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1924. Fossils in the Ondai Sair Formation Mongolia. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 51:129-144
Belongs to Ephemeropsis according to N. D. Sinitshenkova 1990
See also Cockerell 1924 and Tshernova 1961
Sister taxa: Ephemeropsis martynovae, Ephemeropsis middendorji, Ephemeropsis trisetalis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mt. Uskuk, Ondai Sair (AMNH 3rd expedition), which is in an Aptian lacustrine shale in the Anda-Khuduk Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mongolia (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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