Indian Territory (Carboniferous to of the United States)

Where: Oklahoma (35.0° N, 95.8° W: paleocoordinates 7.6° S, 32.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Westphalian C to Westphalian C (314.6 - 306.9 Ma)

• Possibly from the McAlester Coal.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by J. A. Taft in 1904; 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 125738: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 20.03.2012

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Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Blattodea - Mylacridae
"Metachorus striolatus n. sp." = Brachymylacris striolatus
"Metachorus striolatus n. sp." = Brachymylacris striolatus Handlirsch 1906 cockroach
USNM PAL 35386