ammonites
Palaeomantis laeta Novokshonov and Zhuzhgova 2002 (insect)

Insecta - Miomoptera - Palaeomanteidae

Full reference: V. G. Novokshonov and L. V. Zhuzhgova. 2002. Palaeomantis laeta n. sp., the third representative of the genus Palaeomantis (Insecta: Miomoptera, Palaeomanteidae) from the Lower Permian of Chekarda (Ural). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte 2002(6):373-376

Belongs to Palaeomantis according to V. G. Novokshonov and L. V. Zhuzhgova 2002

Sister taxa: Palaeomantis apicalis, Palaeomantis macroptera, Palaeomantis schmidti, Palaeomantis sylvaensis, Palaeomantis tshekardensis

Type specimen: N 1700/1282, a forewing. Its type locality is Chekarda, Sylva River (PIN collection 1700), which is in a Kungurian deltaic siliciclastic in the Koshelevka Formation of the Russian Federation.

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Average measurements (in mm): forewing length 7.30