†Elmopterum rotundum Béthoux and Beckemeyer 2007 (winged insect)
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Insecta - Cnemidolestodea - Sylvabestiidae
Full reference: O. Béthoux and R. J. Beckemeyer. 2007. New and rare insect species from the Wellington Formation (Orthoptera, Grylloblattodea; Lower Permian, USA). Alavesia 1:49-61
Belongs to Elmopterum according to D. S. Aristov and S. Y. Storozhenko 2011
See also Béthoux and Beckemeyer 2007
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MCZ 7468-7469, a wing (missing body and basal third of wings). Its type locality is Elmo, MCZ 1932 collection Upper Limestone, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Elmo, MCZ 1932 collection Upper Limestone
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