†Mesophlebia antinodalis Tillyard 1916 (winged insect)
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Insecta - Dicondylia - Mesophlebiidae
Synonym: Mesophlebia tillyardi Handlirsch 1939
Full reference: R. J. Tillyard. 1916. Descriptions of the fossil Insects; Mesozoic and Tertiary Insects of Queensland and New South Wales. Descriptions of the fossil Insects and stratigraphical features. Queensland Geological Survey (253)11-70
Belongs to Mesophlebia according to A. Tierney et al. 2020
See also Cowley 1942, Handlirsch 1939, Nel et al. 2002, Nel and Paicheler 1994, Tillyard 1916, Tillyard 1922 and Tillyard 1923
Sister taxon: Mesophlebia elegans
Type specimens:
- Mesophlebia antinodalis: NHM In 33279, a wing. Its type locality is Denmark Hill Insect Bed (Dunstan 1909 collection), which is in a Norian pond siltstone in the Blackstone Formation of Australia.
- Mesophlebia tillyardi: GSQ 127, a wing. Its type locality is Denmark Hill Insect Bed (Dunstan 1915-1916 collection), which is in a Norian pond siltstone in the Blackstone Formation of Australia.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Triassic of Australia (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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