†Eoplaneta desforesti Piton and Théobald 1937 (cockroach)
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Insecta - Blattodea - Blattidae
Full reference: L. Piton and N. Théobald. 1937. Les lignites et schistes bitumineux de Menat (Puy-de-Dôme). II: Les insectes fossiles de Menat. Revue des Sciences Naturelles d'Auvergne 3(2):76-88
Belongs to Eoplaneta according to L. Piton 1940
See also Piton and Théobald 1937
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Coll. Des Forest 2, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Menat (Des Forest collection), which is in a Selandian crater lake diatomite in the Menat Formation of France.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Paleocene of France (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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