Insecta - Raphidioptera - Mesoraphidiidae
Alternative combination: Mesoraphidia purbeckensis
Full reference: J. E. Jepson, R. A. Coram, and E. A. Jarzembowski. 2009. Raphidioptera (Insecta: Neuropterida) from the Lower Cretaceous Purbeck Limestone Group, Dorset, UK. Cretaceous Research 30:527-532
Belongs to Grimaldiraphidia according to Y. N. Lu et al. 2015
See also Bechly and Wolf-Schwenninger 2011 and Jepson et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Grimaldiraphidia luzzii, Grimaldiraphidia mitchelli, Grimaldiraphidia parvula
Type specimen: MNEMG 2007/47, a forewing. Its type locality is Durlston Bay, Bed DB175, Swanage (MNEMG collection), which is in a Berriasian lagoonal siliciclastic in the Durlston Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Durlston Bay, Bed DB175, Swanage (MNEMG collection)
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