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PARASITE

MCKELLAR, CHATTERTON, WOLFE & CURRIE, 2011

Locality: Grassy Lake, Alberta Province, Canada.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Lower Campanian Stage, Senoniain Subepoch, Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

Feathers found in Amber.

RTMP 96.9.546: Feather with juvenile mite.

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PTEROSAURIA?

ORDER: SIPHONAPTERA

Genus: Saurophthirus PONOMARENKO, 1976
Etymology: Greek, sauros, Lizard and Greek, phithrus, ‘louse’; “Lizard louse”.

Species: longipes PONOMARENKO, 1976
Etymology:

Holotype: PIN 3064/1898

Locality: Below mouth of Baysa River, left bank of Vitim River, Sosnovo-Ozerskoye district, Buryat ASSR, Transbaikalia, Siberia.

Horizon: Zazayan Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Barremian/Aptian Stage, Gallic Subepoch, Early Cretaceous Epoch, Early Cretaceous.

Material: A nearly complete specimen.
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Genus: Saurophithiroides PONOMARENKO, 1986

Species:

Holotype:

Locality: Gurvan-Eren-Nur, western Mongolia.

Horizon: Burvan-Eren Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Early Cretaceous.

Material:

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Ponomarenko, A. G., 1976, A new insect from the Cretaceous of Transbaikalia, a possible parasite of pterosaurians: Paleontogical Journal, v. 10, n. 3, p. 339-343.

Vrsansky, P., Ren, D., and Shih, C., 2010, Nakridletia ord.n.-enigmatic insect parasites support sociality and endothermy of pterosarus: Amba projekty, v. 8, n. 1, p. 1-16.

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AVES

MARTILL & DAVIS, 1998, MARTILL & DAVIS, 2001

National Museum of Japan, NSM PV20059

Locality: Ceara State, Northeast Brazil.

Horizon: Nova Olinda Member, Crato Formation, Araripe Group.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Aptian Stage, Lower Gallic Subepoch, Upper Early Cretaceous Epoch, Early Cretaceous.

Material: Feather with ectoparasite eggs.

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Martill, D. M., and Davis, P. G., 1998, Ectoparasites on a Cretaceous feather: In: Palaeontological Association, 42 Annual Meeting, The Univeristy of Portsmouth, 16-19th December, 1998, unnumbered.