Protohymen carpenteri Novokshonov 1995

Insecta - Megasecoptera - Protohymenidae

Alternative combination: Pseudohymen carpenteri

Full reference: V. G. Novokshonov. 1995. New Fossil Insects from the Kungurian of the Middle Urals. Paleontological Journal 29(3):76-85

Belongs to Protohymen according to M. Pecharová and J. Prokop 2018

See also Novokshonov 1995 and Novokshonov 1998

Sister taxa: Protohymen angustipennis, Protohymen anomalus, Protohymen bifurcatus, Protohymen concinna, Protohymen curvatus, Protohymen elongatus, Protohymen largus, Protohymen latus, Protohymen novokshonovi, Protohymen permianus, Protohymen pictus, Protohymen readi, Protohymen shafferi, Protohymen tenuis, Protohymen venustus, Pseudohymen sylvaensis, Pseudohymen minor

Type specimen: PIN 1700/4153, an exoskeleton (complete insect). Its type locality is Chekarda, Sylva River (PIN collection 1700), which is in a Kungurian deltaic siliciclastic in the Koshelevka Formation of the Russian Federation.

Distribution: found only at Chekarda, Sylva River (PIN collection 1700)

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