†superfamily Saurophthiroidea Ponomarenko 1986 (flea)

Insecta - Siphonaptera

Full reference: A. G. Ponomarenko. 1986. Panorpida (=Mecoptera) and Phryganeida (=Trichoptera), in Nasekomye v rannemelovykh ekosistemakh zapadnoy Mongolii. The Joint Soviet-Mongolian Palaeontological Expedition 28:109-112

Parent taxon: Siphonaptera according to A. P. Rasnitsyn and O. D. Strelnikova 2017

Sister taxa: Ctenophthalmidae, Hystrichopsyllidae, Niwratia, Pulicidae, Rhopalopsyllidae

Subtaxa: Pseudopulicidae Saurophthiridae Tarwiniidae

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Australia (1 collection), China (4), the Russian Federation (2)

• Jurassic of China (2)

Total: 9 collections including 12 occurrences

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