†Megelytron robustum Tillyard 1931 (winged insect)
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Insecta - Protelytroptera - Megelytridae
Full reference: R. J. Tillyard. 1931. Kansas Permian Insects, Part 13: The New Order Protelytroptera with a Discussion of its Relationships. American Journal of Science, Series 5 21(123):232-266
Belongs to Megelytron according to F. M. Carpenter and J. Kukalová 1964
See also Tillyard 1931
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: YPM 5406, an exoskeleton (nearly complete insect). Its type locality is Elmo, YPM 1921 collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Elmo, YPM 1921 collection
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