†Megatypus schucherti Tillyard 1925 (griffinfly)
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Insecta - Meganisoptera - Meganeuridae
Full reference: R. J. Tillyard. 1925. Kansas Permian Insects, Part 5: The Orders Protodonata and Odonata. American Journal of Science, Series 5 10(55):41-73
Belongs to Megatypus according to M. S. Engel 1998
See also Brauckmann and Zessin 1989, Carpenter 1931, Martynov 1938 and Tillyard 1925
Sister taxa: Megatypus ingentissimus, Megatypus parvus, Megatypus vetustus
Type specimen: YPM 1021, a hindwing. Its type locality is Elmo, YPM 1921 collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (2: Kansas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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