†Jurassipanorpa impunctata Ding et al. 2014 (common scorpionfly)
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Insecta - Mecoptera - Panorpidae
Full reference: H. Ding, C. K. Shih, and D. Ren. 2014. Taxonomic names, in The earliest fossil record of Panorpidae (Mecoptera) from the Middle Jurassic of China. ZooKeys 431:79-92
Belongs to Jurassipanorpa according to H. Ding et al. 2014
Sister taxon: Jurassipanorpa sticta
Type specimen: CNU-MEC-NN2013006, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2013 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Daohugou (CNU 2013 collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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