Blattoidea anceps Sellards 1904 (cockroach)

Insecta - Blattodea

Alternative combination: Mylacris anceps

Full reference: E. H. Sellards. 1904. A study of the structure of Paleozoic Cockroaches, with descriptions of new forms from the Coal Measures. American Journal of Science, Series 4 18(104):113-134

Belongs to Blattoidea according to A. Handlirsch 1906

See also Sellards 1904

Sister taxa: Blattoidea carri, Blattoidea juvenis, Blattoidea schucherti, Blattoidea schuchertiana

Type specimen: YPM 027868, a nymph (Cast-off integument). Its type locality is Mazon Creek (YPM collection), which is in a Westphalian D deltaic mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Mazon Creek (YPM collection)

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