Insecta - Raphidioptera - Baissopteridae
Full reference: X. M. Lu, W. W. Zhang, B. Wang, M. S. Engel, and X. Y. Liu. 2020. A new and diverse paleofauna of the extinct snakefly family Baissopteridae from the mid-Cretaceous of Myanmar (Raphidioptera). Organisms Diversity & Evolution 20:565-595
Belongs to Baissoptera according to X. M. Lu et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Baissoptera bicolor, Baissoptera brasiliensis, Baissoptera cellulosa, Baissoptera cretaceoelectra, Baissoptera elongata, Baissoptera grandis, Baissoptera liaoningensis, Baissoptera lisae, Baissoptera maculata, Baissoptera martinsoni, Baissoptera monopoda, Baissoptera pankowskiorum, Baissoptera pulchra, Baissoptera sibirica, Baissoptera sinica, Baissoptera wangi
Type specimen: CAU-BA-XF-20001, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (CAU collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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