Mendozachorista

Mendozachorista Temporal range: Late Triassic PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	incertae sedis
Family:	Mendozachoristidae Brauckmann et al., 2010
Genus:	Mendozachorista Brauckmann et al., 2010
Species:	M. volkheimeri
Binomial name
Mendozachorista volkheimeri Brauckmann et al., 2010

Mendozachorista is an extinct genus of insect which existed in Argentina during the late Triassic period.^[1] It was named by Carsten Brauckmann, Oscar F. Gallego, Norbert Hauschke, Rafael G. Martins-Neto, Elke Groening, Jan-M. Ilger and María B. Lara in 2010, and the type and only species is Mendozachorista volkheimeri. It is known only from an impression of a Mecopterida-like wing.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Carsten Brauckmann, Oscar F. Gallego, Norbert Hauschke, Rafael G. Martins-Neto, Elke Groening, Jan-M. Ilger & María B. Lara (2010). "First Late Triassic record of a paleoentomofauna from South America (Malargüe Basin, Mendoza Province, Argentina)". Acta Geologica Sinica 84 (4): 915–924. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00230.x.