Insecta - Ephemeroptera - Metretopodidae
Full reference: A. H. Staniczek and R. J. Godunko. 2012. Revision of fossil Metretopodidae (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) in Baltic amber – Part 1: Type specimens of hitherto described fossil species of Siphloplecton Clemens, 1915 and Metretopus Eaton, 1901; with description of four new fossil species of Siphloplecton. Palaeodiversity 5:57-87
Belongs to Siphloplecton according to A. H. Staniczek and R. J. Godunko 2016
See also Staniczek and Godunko 2012
Sister taxa: Siphloplecton demoulini, Siphloplecton gattolliati, Siphloplecton hageni, Siphloplecton jaegeri, Siphloplecton landolti, Siphloplecton macrops, Siphloplecton picteti, Siphloplecton sartorii, Siphloplecton studemannae
Type specimen: MfN MB.I.2236, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Humboldt Museum Simon collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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