Microdictya vaillanti Brongniart 1894 (winged insect)

Insecta - Palaeodictyoptera - Dictyoneuridae

Alternative combinations: Goldenbergia vaillanti, Heeria vaillanti

Synonym: Stenodictya gaudryi Brongniart 1894

Full reference: C. Brongniart. 1894. Recherches pour servir à l'histoire des insectes fossiles des temps primaires, précédées d'une étude sur la nervation des ailes des insectes. Thèses Présentées à la Faculté des Sciences de Paris 821:1-494

Belongs to Microdictya according to J. Kukalová 1970

See also Bolton 1917, Bolton 1925, Brongniart 1894, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1922, Lameere 1917 and Meunier 1914

Sister taxa: Microdictya hamyi, Microdictya handlirschi, Microdictya lacroixi, Microdictya latipennis, Microdictya villeneuvei

Type specimens:

  • Microdictya vaillanti: Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN Brongniart coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France
  • Stenodictya gaudryi: Its type locality is Commentry (MNHN Brongniart coll), which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic shale in the Commentry Shales Formation of France.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Commentry (MNHN Brongniart coll)

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