Insecta - Neuroptera - Osmylidae

Alternative combination: Mesosmylus atalantus

Full reference: D. V. Panfilov. 1980. New representatives of the Neuropterans (Neuroptera) from the Jurassic of the Karatau region. Fossil insects of the Mesozoic 82-111

Belongs to Jurosmylus according to S. L. Winterton et al. 2019

See also Makarkin and Archibald 2005 and Panfilov 1980

Sister taxon: Jurosmylus parvulus

Type specimen: PIN 2239/1736, an exoskeleton (well preserved wings; body is somewhat fragmentary). Its type locality is Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2239), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2239)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.