Protelytron furcatum Carpenter 1939 (winged insect)

Insecta - Protelytroptera - Protelytridae

Full reference: F. M. Carpenter. 1939. The Lower Permian Insects of Kansas. Part 8: Additional Megasecoptera, Protodonata, Odonata, Homoptera, Psocoptera, Protelytroptera, Plectoptera and Protoperlaria. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 73(3):29-70

Belongs to Protelytron according to F. M. Carpenter 1939

Sister taxa: Protelytron angustum, Protelytron dunbari, Protelytron permianum

Type specimen: MCZ 3885, an elytra. Its type locality is Elmo, MCZ 1935 collection Upper Limestone, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (2: Kansas collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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