†Jurathauma xinjiangensis Wang et al. 2024 (scorpionfly)
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Insecta - Mecoptera - Eomeropidae
Full reference: H. Wang, Z. Yao, J. Wang, Q. Li, and J. Yang. 2024. The first discovery of Eomeropidae (Insecta: Mecoptera) from the Lower Jurassic of northwestern China. Historical Biology 36:2239-2243
Belongs to Jurathauma according to H. Wang et al. 2024
Sister taxon: Jurathauma simplex
Type specimen: NIGP 203145, a forewing. Its type locality is Tuzigou, Badaowan Fm, Karamay, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian fluvial sandstone in the Badaowan Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Tuzigou, Badaowan Fm, Karamay
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