Insecta - Palaeodictyoptera - Homoiopteridae
Full reference: J. Kukalová-Peck and E. S. Richardson. 1983. New Homoiopteridae (Insecta: Paleodictyoptera) with wing articulation from Upper Carboniferous strata of Mazon Creek, Illinois. Canadian Journal of Zoology 61:1670-1687
Belongs to Mazonopterum according to J. Prokop et al. 2006
See also Brauckmann and Becker 1992
Sister taxon: Mazonopterum cooperi
Type specimen: FMNH PE 15138, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Pipeline excavation, Worthington township, which is in a Westphalian D interdistributary bay shale in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (1 collection), United States (3: Illinois)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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