Insecta - Blattodea - Mylacridae
Alternative combinations: Mylacris mansfieldi, Mylacris mansfieldii
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1879. Palaeozoic Cockroaches: A complete revision of the species of both worlds, with an essay toward their classification. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 3:23-134
Belongs to Orthomylacris according to A. Handlirsch 1922
See also Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1920, Melander 1903, Scudder 1879, Scudder 1884, Scudder 1890 and Scudder 1895
Sister taxa: Orthomylacris alutacea, Orthomylacris analis, Orthomylacris berryi, Orthomylacris contorta, Orthomylacris cordiformis, Orthomylacris delicatula, Orthomylacris franklini, Orthomylacris gurleyi, Orthomylacris hastata, Orthomylacris heeri, Orthomylacris mathieui, Orthomylacris northi, Orthomylacris pauperata, Orthomylacris pennsylvaniae, Orthomylacris pittstoniana, Orthomylacris pluteus, Orthomylacris recta, Orthomylacris rigida, Phthinomylacris medialis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Cannelton, Vein C, which is in a Westphalian D terrestrial shale in the Llewellyn Formation of Pennsylvania
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (2: Illinois, Pennsylvania collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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