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Microcostaphron

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Microcostaphron
Temporal range: Albian
Drawing of Microcostaphron
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Microcostaphron

Ortega-Blanco, Rasnitsyn & Delclòs, 2010
Species:
M. parvus
Binomial name
Microcostaphron parvus
Ortega-Blanco, Rasnitsyn & Delclòs, 2010

Microcostaphron parvus is an extinct species of wasp belonging to the extinct family Radiophronidae which existed in Spain during the early Cretaceous period.[1] Only a single specimen is known, which was found near Peñacerrada-Urizaharra in the Basque Country.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Jaime Ortega-Blanco; Alexander P. Rasnitsyn; Xavier Delclòs (2010). "A new family of ceraphronoid wasps from Early Cretaceous Álava Amber, Spain" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 55 (2): 265–276. doi:10.4202/app.2009.0014.