†Gerapompus extensus Scudder 1885 (winged insect)
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Insecta - Cnemidolestodea - Gerapompidae
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1885. Palaeodictyoptera; or the affinities and classification of Paleozoic Hexapoda. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 3(11):319-351
Belongs to Gerapompus according to D. S. Aristov 2014
See also Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1922 and Scudder 1885
Sister taxa: Gerapompus blattinoides, Gerapompus schucherti
Type specimen: USNM 38141, an exoskeleton. 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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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