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Supposed alderfly larva (Insecta, Megaloptera) from the Jurassic locality Shar-Teg, southwestern Mongolia

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The first Mesozoic alderfly larva of Sharasialis fusiformis gen. et sp. nov. is described from the Upper Jurassic Lagerstätte of Shar-Teg (southwestern Mongolia). In contrast to Cenozoic alderflies, it has a short thick appendage instead of a long terminal filament.

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  1. Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya ul. 123, Moscow, 117997, Russia

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Original Russian Text © A.G. Ponomarenko, 2012, published in Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal, 2012, No. 4, pp. 48–51.

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Ponomarenko, A.G. Supposed alderfly larva (Insecta, Megaloptera) from the Jurassic locality Shar-Teg, southwestern Mongolia. Paleontol. J. 46, 378–382 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030112040090

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