Hammephemera

Hammephemera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Ephemeroptera
Genus:	Hammephemera; Sinitshenkova in Bashkuev et al., 2012

Hammephemera is an extinct genus of mayflies which existed during the early Triassic in what is now Nepal. It was described by Nina Sinitshenkova in 2012, and the type species is H. pulchra.[1] The forewings measure approximately 8.75 millimetres by 4.06 millimetres.

References

Alexei Bashkuev; Jürgen Sell; Daniil Aristov; Alexandr Ponomarenko; Nina Sinitshenkova; Horst Mahler (2012). "Insects from the Buntsandstein of Lower Franconia and Thuringia". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. in press. doi:10.1007/s12542-011-0119-8.

External links

Hammephemera at the Paleobiology Database

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[1] Alexei Bashkuev; Jürgen Sell; Daniil Aristov; Alexandr Ponomarenko; Nina Sinitshenkova; Horst Mahler (2012). "Insects from the Buntsandstein of Lower Franconia and Thuringia". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. in press. doi:10.1007/s12542-011-0119-8.