†Pseudopulex tanlan Gao et al. 2014 (flea)
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Insecta - Siphonaptera - Pseudopulicidae
Full reference: T. P. Gao, C. K. Shih, and A. P. Rasnitsyn. 2014. Taxonomic names, in The first flea with fully distended abdomen from the Early Cretaceous of China. BMC Evolutionary Biology 14(168):1-7
Belongs to Pseudopulex according to T. P. Gao et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Pseudopulex jurassicus, Pseudopulex magnus, Pseudopulex wangi
Type specimen: CNU-SIP-LL2013002, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dawangzhangzi, Lingyuan City (CNU collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large shale in the Yixian Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dawangzhangzi, Lingyuan City (CNU collection)
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