Archaeosoma serratum Zhang 1994 (earwig)

Insecta - Dermaptera

Full reference: J. F. Zhang. 1994. Discovery of primitive fossil earwigs (Insecta) from Late Jurassic of Laiyang, Shandong and its significance. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 33:229-245

Belongs to Archaeosoma according to J. F. Zhang 1994

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Shandong Provincial Museum L89203, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Nanligezhuang, Tuanwang Town, Laiyang City (Shandong Prov. Mus.), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large shale in the Laiyang Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Nanligezhuang, Tuanwang Town, Laiyang City (Shandong Prov. Mus.)

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