Umenocoleus minimus Lee et al. 2024 (winged insect)

Insecta - Alienoptera - Umenocoleidae

Full reference: S. B. Lee, G. S. Nam, A. Nel and J. K. Park. 2024. A new Albian genus and species and two other new species of Umenocoleidae (Dictyoptera) from South Korea. Cretaceous Research 166(106013)

Belongs to Umenocoleus according to S. B. Lee et al. 2024

Sister taxa: Umenocoleus nervosus, Umenocoleus sinuatus

Type specimen: KNUL-1131-26, an exoskeleton (forewing). Its type locality is Chukdongmyeon, Sacheonsi (KNUL collection), which is in an Albian lacustrine - large shale in the Jinju Formation of South Korea.

Ecology: fast-moving arboreal herbivore

Distribution: found only at Chukdongmyeon, Sacheonsi (KNUL collection)

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