Palaeodictyopteron Handlirsch 1906 (winged insect)

Insecta - Dicondylia

Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 1-640

Parent taxon: Palaeoptera according to F. M. Carpenter 1992

See also Durden 1984 and Handlirsch 1906

Sister taxa: Aedoeophasma, Archaeoptilidae, Archaeoptilites, Archaeoptilus, Breyeriodes, Campteroneura, Doter, Doter minor, Doteridae, Dyadentomum, Eupalaeoptera, Eurytaenia, Frankenholzia, Frankenholziidae, Gerephemera, Hypermegethes, Hypermegethidae, Kuloja, Kulojidae, Leipsanon, Lithentomum, Litoneura, Megathentomum, Orthogonophora, Palaeopalara, Parapaolia, Perissophlebia, Progonopteryx, Pseudohomothetus, Pseudopalingenia, Pseudopaolia, Rectineura, Severinula, Sherborniella, Sypharoptera, Sypharopteridae, Titanoptera, Wulasua, Xenoneura, Xenoneuridae

Subtaxa: Palaeodictyopteron virginianum

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at McGinner's Mine near Hampton (Carboniferous of West Virginia)

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