Afrocladus pumilio Nel et al. 2015 (winged insect)

Insecta - Paoliida - Anthracoptilidae

Full reference: A. Nel, R. Garrouste, and J. Prokop. 2015. The first African Anthracoptilidae (Insecta: Paoliida) near the Permian-Triassic boundary in Kenya. Zootaxa 3925:145-150

Belongs to Afrocladus according to A. Nel et al. 2015

Sister taxon: Afrocladus kenyaensis

Type specimen: NHM II 3070, a hindwing. Its type locality is Mariakani-MacKinnon Road well, 1289 feet depth, which is in a Lopingian terrestrial shale in the Maji ya Chumvi Formation of Kenya.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Mariakani-MacKinnon Road well, 1289 feet depth

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