A new Coniopterygidae from Lebanese amber

Authors

  • D. AZAR
  • A. NEL
  • M. SOLIGNAC

Abstract

We describe the oldest fossil Coniopterygidae, possibly attributable to the Coniopteryginae, in the new genus and species Libanosemidalis hammanaensis, from the outcrop Hammana / Mdeyrij in the Lower Cretaceous amber of Lebanon. This fossil shares with the extant and Cenozoic lineages of Coniopterygidae the presence of only two M branches, unlike other Cretaceous representatives of the family.

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2000-01-11

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