Alexandrinia

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Alexandrinia
Temporal range: Early Permian–Upper Permian
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Alexandrinia

Sinitshenkova & Vassilenko, 2012
Species
  • Alexandrinia directa (Carpenter, 1979)
  • Alexandrinia gigantea Sinitshenkova & Vassilenko, 2012
  • Alexandrinia ipsa Sinitshenkova, 2013
  • Alexandrinia vitta Sinitshenkova, 2013

Alexandrinia is an extinct genus of mayflies which existed in what is now Russia and the United States during the Permian period. It was described by N. D. Sinitshenkova and D. V. Vassilenko in 2012, and contains four species: A. gigantea, A. directa,[1] A. ipsa and A. vitta.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ N. D. Sinitshenkova & D. V. Vassilenko (2012). "The latest record of mayflies of the family Protereismatidae Sellards (Ephemerida = Ephemeroptera) and a new species of the family Misthodotidae in the Upper Permian of Europe". Paleontological Journal. 46 (1): 61–65. doi:10.1134/S0031030112010121.
  2. ^ N. D. Sinitshenkova (2013). "New mayflies (Insecta: Ephemerida = Ephemeroptera) from the Upper Permian locality of Isady, Northern European Russia". Paleontological Journal. 47 (2): 162–165. doi:10.1134/S0031030113020135.
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