†Periplaneta houlberti Piton 1940 (cockroach)
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Insecta - Blattodea - Blattidae
Full reference: L. Piton. 1940. Paléontologie du Gisement Éocéne de Menat (Puy-de-Dôme) (Flore et Faune) 1-303
Belongs to Periplaneta according to L. Piton 1940
Sister taxa: Periplaneta eocaenica, Periplaneta hylecoeta, Periplaneta lacera, Periplaneta perialla, Periplaneta relicta, Periplaneta smithiae, Periplaneta sphodra, Periplaneta succinica
Type specimen: Coll. Piton 243, a tegmen. Its type locality is Menat (Piton collection), which is in a Selandian crater lake diatomite in the Menat Formation of France.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Menat (Piton collection)
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