Extinct family of insects
Eocoronidae is an extinct family of insects from the Carnian age of the Triassic period. It was established in 1981 by the Australian entomologist Norman Tindale . At present, it contains only one species and genus : Eocorona iani .[ 1]
The taxonomical placement of Eocoronidae is unclear. Originally considered to belong to the order Lepidoptera , it is now assumed to be basal and is classified under Amphiesmenoptera .[ 2] [ 3]
Fossils of Eoses triassica , previously classified under the monotypic family Eosetidae and subjectively synonymized by E.F. Reik into the mecopterid species Mesochorista proavita ,[ 4] [ 5] have been proposed by Tindale to belong to this family.[ 6]
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