Insecta - Meganisoptera - Meganeuridae
Alternative combination: Typus permianus
Full reference: E. H. Sellards. 1906. Types of Permian insects, part I - Odonata. The American Journal of Science, Fourth Series 22(129):249-258
Belongs to Tupus according to C. Brauckmann and W. Zessin 1989
See also Carpenter 1931, Carpenter 1939, Handlirsch 1919, Handlirsch 1922, Klots 1944, Martynov 1938, Sellards 1906 and Tillyard 1925
Sister taxa: Tupus gallicus, Tupus gilmorei, Tupus gracilis, Tupus orientalis, Tupus whitei
Type specimen: Its type locality is Elmo, Sellards collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (5: Kansas collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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