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ABSTRACT The extinct bristletail genus Dasyleptus is a typical late Palaeozoic insect group that widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere. Here we describe the first fossil record of Dasyleptus from… Click to show full abstract
ABSTRACT The extinct bristletail genus Dasyleptus is a typical late Palaeozoic insect group that widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere. Here we describe the first fossil record of Dasyleptus from the Upper Permian-Lower Triassic transitional strata (the Kayitou Formation) in the Yinchanggou Coalmine, Fuyuan County, eastern Yunnan Province, China. A new species, Dasyleptus sinensis sp. nov., is established. Our find of Dasyleptus fossils suggests a probable latest Permian age for the fossiliferous strata, before the terrestrial extinction at the Permian–Triassic boundary.
Journal Title: Historical Biology
Year Published: 2019
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