01262nas a2200169   4500008004100000245009200041210006900133300001000202490000800212520072400220100002200944700002100966700001300987700001901000700002101019856005201040       2016                        eng d00aA new family of scorpionflies (Insecta; Mecoptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of England0 anew family of scorpionflies Insecta Mecoptera from the Lower Cre  a44-510 v62 3 a<p>Seven specimens of fossil scorpionflies (Mecoptera) not assignable to any known family were discovered in the Wealden Supergroup (Early Cretaceous) of southern England. They were found at Rudgwick Brickworks, West Sussex and Smokejacks Brickworks, Surrey and came from the Upper Weald Clay Formation, dated as Barremian (~ 129.4-125 Ma). A new family &ndash; Englathaumatidae fam. nov., new genus - Englathauma gen. nov. and two new species E. crabbi sp. nov. and E. mellishae sp. nov. are described. A discussion of systematic position of these new taxa within the order Mecoptera is given. Englathaumatidae fam. nov. has been a nomen nudum since the year 2002, due to the first author&rsquo;s untimely death.</p>
1 aNovokschonov, V.G1 aRoss, Andrew, J.1 aCook, E.1 aKrzeminski, W.1 aSoszynska-Maj, A  uhttps://fossilinsects.myspecies.info/node/58179