Insecta - Grylloblattodea - Liomopteridae
Full reference: D. S. Aristov. 2004. Important new insect fossils from Carrizo Arroyo and the Permo-Carboniferous faunal boundary. Carboniferous-Permian transition, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 25:214-246
Belongs to Tapopterum according to D. S. Aristov 2004
Sister taxa: Tapopterum celsum, Tapopterum extendum, Tapopterum impurum, Tapopterum longum, Tapopterum oborianum, Tapopterum subtile
Type specimen: UNM 6851, a forewing (almost complete forewing). Its type locality is NMMNH L-3433; Carrizo Arroyo (UNM collection), which is in an Asselian pond mudstone in the Bursum Formation of New Mexico.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (2: New Mexico collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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