Fortiholcorpa paradoxa Wang et al. 2013 (scorpionfly)

Insecta - Mecoptera

Full reference: Q. Wang, C. K. Shih, and D. Ren. 2013. The earliest case of extreme sexual display with exaggerated male organs by two Middle Jurassic mecopterans. PLoS One 8(8):e71378

Belongs to Fortiholcorpa according to Q. Wang et al. 2013

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CNU-MEC-NN-2012002, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2012 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Daohugou (CNU 2012 collection)

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