Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Species M. volkheimeri | Phylum Arthropoda Order incertae sedis Rank Genus | |
Family Mendozachoristidae
Brauckmann et al., 2010 Scientific name Mendozachorista volkheimeri Similar Pseudopulex, Coxoplectoptera, Titanoptera, Diaphanopterodea, Rhyniognatha | ||
Mendozachorista is an extinct genus of insect which existed in Argentina during the late Triassic period. 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.
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