ammonites
Pterocalla superba Panfilov 1980 (giant lacewing)

Insecta - Neuroptera - Polystoechotidae

Full reference: D. V. Panfilov. 1980. New representatives of the Neuropterans (Neuroptera) from the Jurassic of the Karatau region. Fossil insects of the Mesozoic 82-111

Belongs to Pterocalla according to D. V. Panfilov 1980

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIN 2239/1683, a forewing (well preserved wing). Its type locality is Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2239), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakstan.

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Average measurements (in mm): forewing 38.0 x 11.5