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Morrisonnepa, a giant water bug from the Jurassic of North America

Started by Halichoeres, May 31, 2020, 04:20:54 PM

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This is the first Late Jurassic hemipteran reported from North America. Meet Morrisonnepa jurassica, shown here next to a modern counterpart:



A write-up in the Salt Lake Tribune: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2020/05/20/paleontologists-discover/

Paper (paywall): https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08912963.2020.1755283?journalCode=ghbi20
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