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New mayfly nymphs (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) from Yixian Formation, China

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Three new species of mayfly nymphs, Clavineta excavata sp. nov., Clavineta brevinodia sp. nov., and Siberiogenites branchicillus sp. nov., from the Yixian Formation (Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous) in western Liaoning Province, China, are described. These mature nymphs are small-sized, with the body less than 16.0 mm long. The systematic position of the genera Clavineta and Siberiogenites, which are recorded for the first time in the Yixian Formation, is briefly discussed.

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  1. Anhui Paleontological Museum, Anhui Province, 230601, China

    Jiandong Huang

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

    N. D. Sinitshenkova

  3. College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China

    Jiandong Huang & Dong Ren

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Original Russian Text © Jiandong Huang, N.D. Sinitshenkova, Dong Ren, 2011, published in Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal, 2011, No. 2, pp. 46–51.

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Huang, J., Sinitshenkova, N.D. & Ren, D. New mayfly nymphs (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) from Yixian Formation, China. Paleontol. J. 45, 167–173 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030111020092

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