Insecta - Meganisoptera - Meganeuridae
Alternative combinations: Tupus readi, Typus readi
Full reference: F. M. Carpenter. 1933. The Lower Permian Insects of Kansas. Part 6: Delopteridae, Protelytroptera, Plectoptera and a New Collection of Protodonata, Odonata, Megasecoptera, Homoptera and Psocoptera. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 68(11):411-505
Belongs to Shenzhousia according to Y. J. Li et al. 2013
See also Brauckmann and Zessin 1989, Carpenter 1933, Carpenter 1939, Klots 1944 and Nel et al. 2009
Sister taxon: Shenzhousia qilianshanensis
Type specimen: MCZ 3253, a forewing (middle 2/3 of wing). Its type locality is Elmo, MCZ 1932 collection Upper Limestone, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (3: Kansas collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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