Opter Sellards 1909 (winged insect)

Insecta - Dicondylia - Kennedyidae

Full reference: E. H. Sellards. 1909. Types of Permian Insects, Part III: Megasecoptera, Orycloblattinidae and Protorthoptera. American Journal of Science 27:151-173

Parent taxon: Kennedyidae according to F. M. Carpenter 1931

See also Handlirsch 1919

Sister taxon: Kennedya

Subtaxa: Opter brongniarti Opter brongniartii

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Type: Opter brongniartii

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Elmo, Sellards collection (Permian of Kansas)

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