ammonites
Petrochorista distincta Martynov 1932 (winged insect)

Insecta - Dicondylia - Permochoristidae

PIN 2455/331

Full reference: A. V. Martynov. 1932. Permian fossil Insects from the Arkhangelsk district. Part I. The order Mecoptera. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 2:23-62

Belongs to Petrochorista according to A. V. Martynov 1932

Sister taxa: Petrochorista dubia, Petrochorista elegantula, Petrochorista erunakovensis, Petrochorista minuta, Petrochorista parvula, Petrochorista prona, Petrochorista recta, Petrochorista sororcula, Petrochorista tychtensis, Petrochorista unica

Type specimen: PIN 2455/331, a forewing (almost whole forewing). Its type locality is Soyana (PIN collection 2455), which is in a Roadian lagoonal sandstone in the Iva-Gora Beds Formation of the Russian Federation.

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Average measurements (in mm): forewing length 10.0