Insecta - Megasecoptera - Brodiidae
Full reference: F. M. Carpenter. 1967. Studies of North American Carboniferous Insects: 5. Paleodictyoptera and Megasecoptera from Illinois and Tennessee, with a Discussion of the Order Sypharopteroidea. Psyche 74:58-83
Belongs to Eubrodia according to J. Prokop et al. 2017
See also Carpenter 1967 and Carpenter and Richardson 1971
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: FMNH PE 32010, a wing. Its type locality is Pit 11, Braidwood, Mazon Creek (Dabasinkas/Damrow coll), which is in a Westphalian D deltaic mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (3: Illinois collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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