†Hemeristia occidentalis Dana 1864 (winged insect)
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Full reference: J. D. Dana. 1864. On fossil insects from the Carboniferous formation in Illinois. The American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series 37:34-35
Belongs to Hemeristia according to A. Handlirsch 1922
See also Dana 1864, Goldenberg 1877, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1906 and Scudder 1885
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: YPM 1011, a hindwing. Its type locality is Morris, Mazon Creek (J.G. Bronson coll), which is in a Westphalian D interdistributary bay mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Morris, Mazon Creek (J.G. Bronson coll)
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