Insecta - Hemiptera - Nogodinidae
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1878. The Fossil Insects of the Green River Shales. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 4(4):747-776
Belongs to Lithopsis according to J. Szwedo et al. 2004
See also Scudder 1878, Scudder 1885 and Scudder 1890
Sister taxa: Lithopsis delicata, Lithopsis dubiosa, Lithopsis elongata, Lithopsis major, Lithopsis simillima
Type specimen: 4185(4189), an exoskeleton (well preserved). Its type locality is Petrified fish cut (Scudder collection), which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large diatomite/shale in the Green River Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (4: Colorado, Wyoming collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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