Gurvanopteryx Sinitshenkova 1986 (winter stonefly)

Insecta - Plecoptera - Taeniopterygidae

Full reference: N. D. Sinitshenkova. 1986. Stoneflies. Perlida (=Plecoptera), in Nasekomye v rannemelovykh ekosistemakh zapadnoy Mongolii. The Joint Soviet-Mongolian Palaeontological Expedition 28:169-171

Parent taxon: Taeniopterygidae according to N. D. Sinitshenkova 1987

See also Sinitshenkova 1986

Sister taxa: Brachypterainae, Jurataenionema, Mengitaenioptera, Mesotaeniopteryx, Noviramonemoura, Positopteryx, Protaenionema, Taeniopteryginae

Subtaxa: Gurvanopteryx effeta Gurvanopteryx impleta

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Type: Gurvanopteryx effeta

Ecology: volant detritivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Gurvan-Ereny-Nuruu (Outcrop 236/29) (Cretaceous of Mongolia)

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