| Mesochorista proavita Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mecoptera |
| Family: | †Permochoristidae |
| Genus: | †Mesochorista |
| Species: | †M. proavita
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| Binomial name | |
| †Mesochorista proavita Tillyard, 1916
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†Eoses triassica | |
Mesochorista proavita is an extinct species of scorpionfly from the Triassic period of Queensland, Australia.[1]
- ^ E.F. Riek (1955). "A Re-examination of the Mecopteroid and Orthopteroid Fossils (Insecta) from the Triassic Beds at Denmark Hill, Queensland, with Descriptions of Further Specimens". Australian Journal of Zoology. 4: 98–110. doi:10.1071/zo9560098.