†Florissantoraphidia mortua Rohwer 1909 (snakefly)
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Insecta - Raphidioptera - Raphidiidae
Alternative combination: Raphidia mortua
Full reference: S. A. Rohwer. 1909. Three New Fossil Insects from Florissant, Colorado. American Journal of Science, Series 4 18:533-536
Belongs to Florissantoraphidia according to V. N. Makarkin and S. B. Archibald 2014
See also Carpenter 1936, Engel 2002 and Rohwer 1909
Sister taxon: Florissantoraphidia funerata
Type specimen: UCM 4512, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant, Station 14, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Florissant, Station 14
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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