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  • Orthophlebia sp.


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    Taxonomy

    Scorpionfly

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Arthropoda
    Class: Insecta
    Order: Mecoptera
    Family: Orthophlebiidae
    Genus: Orthophlebia
    Species: Orthophlebia sp.

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Mesozoic
    Period: Jurassic
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Middle
    International Age: Callovian to Oxfordian

    Stratigraphy

    Jiulongshan Formation
    Daohugou Bed

    Provenance

    Collector: T. Bastelberger
    Date Collected: 10/12/2011
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Location

    Daohugou
    Ningcheng County
    Nei Mongol
    China

    Comments

    Is either related or identical to Orthophlebia stigmosa (picture A) or O. nervulosa (picture D)

     

    Reference.:

    Xiao Qiao, Chungkun Shih & Ren (2012): Two new Middle Jurassic species of orthophlebiids (Insecta: Mecoptera) from Inner Mongolia, China.  Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, DOI:10.1080/03115518.2012.671689

     




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