Palaiotaptus mazonus Handlirsch 1906 (winged insect)

Insecta - Palaeodictyoptera

Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Revision of American Paleozoic insects. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 29(1441):661-820

Belongs to Palaiotaptus according to A. Handlirsch 1922

See also Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1906 and Handlirsch 1919

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 38815, a wing (fragment of tip). Its type locality is Mazon Creek, USNM Lacoe Collection, which is in a Westphalian D interdistributary bay mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Mazon Creek, USNM Lacoe Collection

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