Belmophenopterum pectinatum Rasnitsyn and Aristov 2004 (insect)

Insecta - Eoblattida - Mesorthopteridae

Full reference: A. P. Rasnitsyn and D. S. Aristov. 2004. Two new Insects from the Upper Permian (Tatarian) of Belmont, New South Wales, Australia (Insecta: Hypoperlida: Anthracoptilidae=Permarrhaphidae; Grylloblattida: Sylvaphlebiidae). Paleontological Journal 38(Suppl 2):S158-S163

Belongs to Belmophenopterum according to A. P. Rasnitsyn and D. S. Aristov 2004

Sister taxon: Belmophenopterum rasnitsyni

Type specimen: NHM In 45837, a forewing (forewing without base or apex). Its type locality is Belmont (BMNH collection), which is in a Changhsingian pond chert in the Croudace Bay Formation of Australia.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Belmont (BMNH collection)

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