†Mazothairos enormis Kukalová-Peck and Richardson 1983 (winged insect)
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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 Mazothairos according to C. Brauckmann and R. Becker 1992
See also Kukalová-Peck and Richardson 1983
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UIMNH 2, a thorax. Its type locality is Mazon Creek (UIMNH collection), which is in a Westphalian D deltaic mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Mazon Creek (UIMNH collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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