Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1868. Supplement to descriptions of articulates. Descriptions of fossil insects found on Mazon Creek, and near Morris, Grundy Co. Ill. Geological Survey of Illinois 3:566-572
Parent taxon: Palaeoptera according to F. M. Carpenter 1992
See also Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1919 and Scudder 1885
Sister taxa: Aedoeophasma, Archaeoptilidae, Archaeoptilites, Archaeoptilus, Breyeriodes, Campteroneura, Doter, Doter minor, Doteridae, Dyadentomum, Eupalaeoptera, Eurytaenia, Frankenholzia, Frankenholziidae, Gerephemera, Hypermegethes, Hypermegethidae, Kuloja, Kulojidae, Leipsanon, Lithentomum, Litoneura, Orthogonophora, Palaeodictyopteron, Palaeopalara, Parapaolia, Perissophlebia, Progonopteryx, Pseudohomothetus, Pseudopalingenia, Pseudopaolia, Rectineura, Severinula, Sherborniella, Sypharoptera, Sypharopteridae, Titanoptera, Wulasua, Xenoneura, Xenoneuridae
Subtaxa: Megathentomum formosum Megathentomum pustulatum Megathentomum scudderi
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (2: Illinois collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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