Sharasialis fusiformis Ponomarenko 2012 (alderfly)

Insecta - Megaloptera - Sialidae

Full reference: A. G. Ponomarenko. 2012. Supposed alderfly larva (Insecta, Megaloptera) from the Jurassic locality Shar-Teg, southwestern Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 46:378-382

Belongs to Sharasialis according to C. C. Martins et al. 2022

See also Liu et al. 2015 and Ponomarenko 2012

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIN 4270/1493, a nymph. 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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