Brodioptera Copeland 1957 (winged insect)

Insecta - Megasecoptera - Brodiopteridae

Full reference: M. J. Copeland. 1957. The arthropod fauna of the Upper Carboniferous rocks of the Maritime Provinces. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 286:1-110

Parent taxon: Brodiopteridae according to C. Brauckmann et al. 1996

See also Carpenter 1963, Carpenter 1992, Copeland 1957, Durden 1984 and Nelson and Tidwell 1987

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Brodioptera cumberlandensis Brodioptera pintoi Brodioptera sinensis Brodioptera stricklani

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Nova Scotia collection), China (1), Germany (1), United States (1: Utah)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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