Insecta - Meganisoptera - Meganeuridae
Alternative combination: Typus gracilis
Full reference: F. M. Carpenter. 1947. Lower Permian Insects from Oklahoma. Part 1. Introduction and the Orders Megasecoptera, Protodonata, and Odonata. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 76:25-54
Belongs to Tupus according to A. Nel et al. 2009
See also Brauckmann and Zessin 1989 and Carpenter 1947
Sister taxa: Tupus gallicus, Tupus gilmorei, Tupus orientalis, Tupus permianus, Tupus whitei
Type specimen: MCZ 4818, a forewing. Its type locality is Midco Locality 12, which is in an Artinskian lacustrine lime mudstone in the Wellington Formation of Oklahoma.
Distribution: found only at Midco Locality 12
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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