†Palaeoaphis incognita Kononova 1976 (aphid)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Palaeoaphididae
Full reference: E. L. Kononova. 1976. Extinct aphid families (Homoptera, Aphidinea) of the Late Cretaceous. Paleontological Journal 10(3):352-360
Belongs to Palaeoaphis according to B. Ogłaza et al. 2024
See also Heie and Wegierek 2011 and Kononova 1976
Sister taxa: Palaeoaphis archimedia, Palaeoaphis armani
Type specimen: PIN 3130/97, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Taimyr amber, Yantardakh Hill (PIN collection 3130), which is in a Santonian terrestrial amber in the Kheta Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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