Clendennin (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: West Virginia (38.5° N, 81.3° W: paleocoordinates 10.6° S, 20.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Charleston Sandstone Formation, Westphalian (318.7 - 307.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

• Appalachian foreland basin

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Revision of American Paleozoic insects. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 29(1441):661-820 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 125763: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 22.03.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Blattodea - Mylacridae
"Exochomylacris virginiana n. gen. n. sp." = Mylacris virginiana
"Exochomylacris virginiana n. gen. n. sp." = Mylacris virginiana Handlirsch 1906 cockroach
USNM 25634