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Mendozachorista
Temporal range: Late Triassic
Scientific classification
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Mendozachoristidae

Brauckmann et al., 2010
Genus:
Mendozachorista

Brauckmann et al., 2010
Species:
M. volkheimeri
Binomial name
Mendozachorista volkheimeri
Brauckmann et al., 2010

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

  1. ^ a b "First Late Triassic record of a paleoentomofauna from South America (Malargüe Basin, Mendoza Province, Argentina)". Acta Geologica Sinica. 84 (4): 915–924. 2010. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00230.x. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)