Thaumatophora Riek 1976 (ice crawler)

Insecta - Grylloblattodea

Full reference: E. F. Riek. 1976. Fossil insects from the Middle Ecca (Lower Permian) of Southern Africa. Palaeontologia Africana 19:145-148

Parent taxon: Grylloblattina according to D. S. Aristov et al. 2006

See also Carpenter 1992 and Riek 1976

Sister taxa: Archiprobnidae, Bajanzhargalanidae, Euremiscidae, Gorochoviidae, Grylloblattidae, Gurianovella, Havlatiidae, Madygenophlebiidae, Permonympha, Sylvalitoralis, Sylvonympha, Tataronympha, Triasseuryptilon, Tshebardanympha, Tshekardites, Tunguskapteridae

Subtaxa: Thaumatophora pronotalis

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Type: Thaumatophora pronotalis

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Farm Haakdoorndontein 119 JR (Permian of South Africa)

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