Insecta - Paoliida - Anthracoptilidae
Alternative spelling: Spargopteron
Full reference: J. Kukalová. 1965. Permian Protelytroptera, Coleoptera and Protorthoptera (Insecta) of Moravia. Sborník Geologických Ved, Paleontologie 6:61-95
Parent taxon: Anthracoptilidae according to A. Nel et al. 2015
See also Carpenter 1992, Kukalová 1965, Rasnitsyn and Aristov 2004 and Rasnitsyn and Aristov 2013
Sister taxa: Adiphlebia, Afrocladus, Anthracoptilus, Carrizocladus, Graticladus, Homocladus, Jarmilacladus, Lodevocladus, Mesoptilus, Mycteroptila, Paracladus, Rhinomaloptila, Strephocladus, Strephoneura, Strephoptilus, Westphaloptilus
Subtaxa: Spargoptilon confertus Spargoptilon latericius
Type: Spargoptilon latericius
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Obora, southern edge of ravine (Permian of Czech Republic)
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