†Prochoroptera calopteryx Handlirsch 1911 (winged insect)
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Insecta - Diaphanopterodea - Prochoropteridae
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 Prochoroptera according to F. M. Carpenter and E. S. Richardson 1978
See also Handlirsch 1911 and Haupt 1941
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: YPM 67, an exoskeleton. 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 (7: Illinois collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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