†Palaeotherates pennsylvanicus Handlirsch 1906 (griffinfly)
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Alternative combination: Palaeotherates pennsilvanicus
Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Revision of American Paleozoic insects. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 29(1441):661-820
Belongs to Palaeotherates according to C. J. Durden 1984
See also Carpenter 1960, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1922 and Zessin 1983
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM 38787, a wing (Fragment of central portion). Its type locality is Campbells Ledge, near Pittston, which is in a Westphalian D terrestrial shale in the Llewellyn Formation of Pennsylvania.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Campbells Ledge, near Pittston
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