Insecta - Alienoptera - Umenocoleidae
Full reference: P. Vršanský. 2003. Umenocoleoidea - an amazing lineage of aberrant insects (Insecta, Blattaria). AMBA Projekty 7(1):1-32
Belongs to Petropterix according to C. H. Luo et al. 2022
See also Vršanský 2003 and Vršanský 2003
Sister taxa: Petropterix fukuiensis, Petropterix koreaensis, Petropterix kukalovae, Petropterix mirabilis, Petropterix sibirix
Type specimen: PIN 3559/2252, a forewing. Its type locality is Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559, outcrop 45/19), which is in an Aptian lacustrine siliciclastic in the Dzun-Bain Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology: fast-moving arboreal herbivore
Distribution: found only at Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559, outcrop 45/19)
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