Psychroptilus burrettae Riek 1976 (winged insect)

Insecta - Palaeodictyoptera - Psychroptilidae

Full reference: E. F. Riek. 1976. Neosecoptera, a new insect suborder based on specimen discovered in the late Carboniferous of Tasmania. Alcheringa 1:227-234

Belongs to Psychroptilus according to E. F. Riek 1976

See also Clarke 1992

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Univ Tasmania 94563, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Hellyer Gorge, which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine - small claystone in the Wynyard Formation of Australia.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Hellyer Gorge

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