Mendozachorista

Mendozachorista is an extinct genus of insect which existed in Argentina during the Late Triassic period.[1] It was named by Carsten Brauckmann, Oscar F. Gallego, Norbert Hauschke, Rafael G. Martins-Neto, Elke Groening, Jan-M. Ilger and María B. Lara in 2010, and the type and only species is Mendozachorista volkheimeri. It is known only from an impression of a Mecopterida-like wing found in the Llantenes Formation in Mendoza Province.[1]

Mendozachorista
Temporal range: Norian
~221–206 Ma
Scientific classification
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Mendozachoristidae

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Genus:
Mendozachorista

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Species:
M. volkheimeri
Binomial name
Mendozachorista volkheimeri
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References

  1. Carsten Brauckmann, Oscar F. Gallego, Norbert Hauschke, Rafael G. Martins-Neto, Elke Groening, Jan-M. Ilger & María B. Lara (2010). "First Late Triassic record of a paleoentomofauna from South America (Malargüe Basin, Mendoza Province, Argentina)". Acta Geologica Sinica. 84 (4): 915–924. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00230.x.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)


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