Insecta - Eoblattida - Mesorthopteridae
Full reference: R. J. Tillyard. 1916. Descriptions of the fossil Insects; Mesozoic and Tertiary Insects of Queensland and New South Wales. Descriptions of the fossil Insects and stratigraphical features. Queensland Geological Survey (253)11-70
Parent taxon: Mesorthopteridae according to D. S. Aristov 2015
See also Carpenter 1992, Riek 1956, Riek 1974, Storozhenko 1997, Storozhenko 1998, Tillyard 1916, Tillyard 1922 and Tillyard 1923
Sister taxa: Anakitala, Austroidelia, Belmophenopterum, Locustoblattina, Mesoidelia, Mesorthopterina, Parastenaropodites, Paridelia, Permorthopteron, Sharovites, Sosnowiecia, Sylviodes, Taskanatus, Tshermyaninus
Subtaxa: Mesorthopteron locustoides Mesorthopteron similis
Type: Mesorthopteron locustoides
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Triassic of Australia (2 collections), South Africa (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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