Cheliphlebia mazona Handlirsch 1911 (winged insect)

Insecta - Dicondylia - Cheliphlebiidae

Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1911. New Paleozoic insects from the vicinity of Mazon Creek, Illinois. The American Journal of Science, Fourth Series 31:353-377

Belongs to Cheliphlebia according to A. Handlirsch 1922

See also Handlirsch 1911

Sister taxa: Cheliphlebia argillacea, Cheliphlebia carbonaria

Type specimen: YPM 46, an exoskeleton (fragmentary prothorax & 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: found only at Mazon Creek (YPM collection)

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