†Thaumastoptera shinaqi Podenas 2000 (crane fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae
Full reference: S. Podenas. 2000. New Thaumastoptera Mik, 1896 (Diptera, Limoniidae) from the Jordan amber (Lower Cretaceous). Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 84:237-240
Belongs to Thaumastoptera according to S. Podenas 2000
Sister taxa: Thaumastoptera calceata, Thaumastoptera electra, Thaumastoptera ryszardi, Thaumastoptera undulata
Type specimen: GPIH 4265, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Jordanian Amber (GPIMH collection), which is in an Albian terrestrial amber in Jordan.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Jordanian Amber (GPIMH collection)
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