Syntonoptera schucherti Handlirsch 1911 (winged insect)

Insecta - Dicondylia - Syntonopteridae

Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1911. New Paleozoic insects from the vicinity of Mazon Creek, Illinois. American Journal of Science, Series 4 31:297-326

Belongs to Syntonoptera according to R. Garrouste et al. 2009

See also Carpenter 1943, Carpenter 1987, Handlirsch 1911, Handlirsch 1919, Handlirsch 1922, Haupt 1941 and Willmann 2007

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: YPM 19, a forewing (left forewing). Its type locality is Mazon Creek (YPM collection), which is in a Westphalian D deltaic mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (3: Illinois collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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