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The first Permian Diaphanopterodea (Insecta, Megasecopteromorpha) from China

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: A new Diaphanopterodea (Insecta, Palaeoptera, Megasecopteromorpha), Sinoelmoa yangquanensisgen. et sp. nov., is described based on a single specimen discovered from the Shuiquan Gully locality (Shanxi Formation; Permian, Cisuralian, Asselian; China). A broad comparative analysis of the wing venation of the known members of the diaphanopterodean families Parelmoidae and Elmoidae allowed assigning the new taxon to the former family. This new occurrence represents the first record of a Permian Diaphanopterodea from China, and both the earliest and most oriental record for the Parelmoidae. It sheds new light on the distribution and diversity of these extinct taxa.

Source: Fossil record

DOI: 10.3897/fr.27.128892

Authors: Nan Yang, Yingying Cui, Ziqiang Xu, Yanqi Xu, Dong Ren, Olivier Béthoux

Institutions: Capital Normal University, South China Normal University, Sorbonne Université

Language: English

Topic: Fossil Insects in Amber

Subfield: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,240

Funders: Capital Normal University, South China Normal University