Insecta - Meganisoptera - Meganeuridae
Full reference: F. M. Carpenter. 1931. The Lower Permian Insects of Kansas. Part 2: The Orders Paleodictyoptera, Protodonata and Odonata. American Journal of Science 5(21):97-139
Belongs to Oligotypus according to C. Brauckmann and W. Zessin 1989
See also Carpenter 1947 and Klots 1944
Sister taxa: Oligotypus huangheensis, Oligotypus makowskii, Oligotypus tuscaloosae
Type specimen: MCZ 3049ab, a forewing. Its type locality is Elmo, MCZ 1927 collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (4: Kansas, Oklahoma collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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