Mendozachorista
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| Mendozachorista Temporal range: Late Triassic |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Family: | Mendozachoristidae Brauckmann et al., 2010 |
| Genus: | Mendozachorista Brauckmann et al., 2010 |
| Species: | M. volkheimeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Mendozachorista volkheimeri Brauckmann et al., 2010 |
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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.[1]
References [edit]
- ^ a b 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.
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