Lithoneura mirifica Carpenter 1943 (winged insect)

Insecta - Dicondylia - Syntonopteridae

Synonym: Lithoneura carpenteri Richardson 1956

Full reference: F. M. Carpenter. 1943. Carboniferous insects from the vicinity of Mazon Creek, Illinois. Illinois State Museum, Scientific Papers 3(1):9-24

Belongs to Lithoneura according to R. Willmann 2007

See also Carpenter 1943, Carpenter 1987 and Richardson 1956

Sister taxa: Lithoneura clayesi, Lithoneura lameerei, Lithoneura piecko

Type specimens:

  • Lithoneura mirifica: ISM 14880, a hindwing. Its type locality is Mazon Creek (Illinois State Museum collection), which is in a Westphalian D deltaic mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.
  • Lithoneura carpenteri: FMNH 45248, a wing. Its type locality is Mazon Creek (FMNH collection), 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

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