Insecta - Palaeodictyoptera - Dictyoneuridae

Alternative combinations: Dictyoneura elegans, Goldenbergia elegans

Full reference: F. Goldenberg. 1877. Fauna Saraepontana Fossilis. Die Fossilen Thiere aus der Steinkohlenformation von Saarbrücken, IItes Heft 1-54

Belongs to Polioptenus according to P. Guthörl 1940

See also Brongniart 1885, Goldenberg 1877, Guthörl 1934, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1919, Handlirsch 1922, Scudder 1885, Scudder 1885, von Schlechtendal 1913 and Waterlot 1934

Sister taxa: Polioptenus bertrandi, Polioptenus chanderisi, Polioptenus decheni, Polioptenus mancomediali

Type specimen: Naturhist Ver. Bonn, 10, a wing. Its type locality is Mine dump near Dudweiler railway station, which is in a Westphalian C terrestrial horizon in the Lower Saarbrucker layer Formation of Germany.

Distribution: found only at Mine dump near Dudweiler railway station

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