Mazonopterum Kukalová-Peck and Richardson 1983 (winged insect)

Insecta - Palaeodictyoptera - Homoiopteridae

Full reference: J. Kukalová-Peck and E. S. Richardson. 1983. New Homoiopteridae (Insecta: Paleodictyoptera) with wing articulation from Upper Carboniferous strata of Mazon Creek, Illinois. Canadian Journal of Zoology 61:1670-1687

Parent taxon: Homoiopteridae according to J. Prokop et al. 2018

See also Brauckmann and Becker 1992, Carpenter 1992 and Prokop et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Adolarryia, Ametretus, Amousus, Anglopterum, Boltonia, Homoioptera, Larryia, Mazothairos, Ostrava, Paraostrava, Parathesoneura, Pharciphyzelus, Scepasma, Thesoneura, Turneropterum

Subtaxa: Mazonopterum cooperi Mazonopterum wolfforum

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (2 collections), United States (3: Illinois)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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