Insecta - Blattodea - Mylacridae
Alternative combination: Promylacris ovale
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1885. New genera and species of fossil cockroaches, from the older American rocks. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 37:34-39
Belongs to Promylacris according to A. Handlirsch 1920
See also Durden 1969, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1906, Melander 1903, Schneider 1983, Scudder 1884, Scudder 1885, Scudder 1890 and Scudder 1895
Sister taxa: Mylacris abrupta, Mylacris alutacea, Mylacris ampla, Mylacris analis, Mylacris angusta, Mylacris anthracophila, Mylacris antiqua, Mylacris burri, Mylacris diplodiscus, Mylacris dubia, Mylacris lapsa, Mylacris lucifuga, Mylacris maior, Mylacris ovalis, Mylacris paradoxa, Mylacris pennsylvanica, Mylacris pulchra, Mylacris rugulosa, Mylacris sellardsi, Mylacris similis, Mylacris truncata, Mylacris truncatula, Mylacris virginiana, Chalepomylacris pulchra, Actinomylacris similis, Lithomylacris gallica, Lithomylacris ataxica
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mazon Creek (FMNH Gurley collection), which is in a Westphalian D deltaic mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois
Distribution: found only at Mazon Creek (FMNH Gurley collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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