Parapaolia superba Scudder 1885 (winged insect)

Insecta - Dicondylia

Alternative combination: Paolia superba

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1885. Dictyoneura and the allied insects of the Carboniferous epoch. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 20:167-173

Belongs to Parapaolia according to F. M. Carpenter 1951

See also Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1919, Handlirsch 1922 and Scudder 1885

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Naperville (FMNH collection), which is in a Westphalian D deltaic mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Naperville (FMNH collection)

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