Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1881. Two new British Carboniferous insects, with remarks on those already known. The Geological Magazine, New Series, Decade II 8:293-299
Parent taxon: Palaeoptera according to F. M. Carpenter 1992
See also Bolton 1921, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1919 and Handlirsch 1922
Sister taxa: Aedoeophasma, Archaeoptilidae, Archaeoptilites, Breyeriodes, Campteroneura, Doter, Doter minor, Doteridae, Dyadentomum, Eupalaeoptera, Eurytaenia, Frankenholzia, Frankenholziidae, Gerephemera, Hypermegethes, Hypermegethidae, Kuloja, Kulojidae, Leipsanon, Lithentomum, Litoneura, Megathentomum, Orthogonophora, Palaeodictyopteron, Palaeopalara, Parapaolia, Perissophlebia, Progonopteryx, Pseudohomothetus, Pseudopalingenia, Pseudopaolia, Rectineura, Severinula, Sherborniella, Sypharoptera, Sypharopteridae, Titanoptera, Wulasua, Xenoneura, Xenoneuridae
Subtaxa: Archaeoptilus ingens Archaeoptilus lucasi
Type: Archaeoptilus ingens
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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