Insecta - Blattodea - Mylacridae
Alternative combinations: Blattina heeri, Mylacris heeri
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1875. Two new fossil cockroaches from the Carboniferous of Cape Breton. The Canadian Naturalist and Quarterly Journal of Science 7:271-272
Belongs to Orthomylacris according to A. Handlirsch 1922
See also Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1920, Scudder 1875, Scudder 1879, Scudder 1884 and Scudder 1895
Sister taxa: Orthomylacris alutacea, Orthomylacris analis, Orthomylacris berryi, Orthomylacris contorta, Orthomylacris cordiformis, Orthomylacris delicatula, Orthomylacris franklini, Orthomylacris gurleyi, Orthomylacris hastata, Orthomylacris mansfieldi, Orthomylacris mathieui, Orthomylacris northi, Orthomylacris pauperata, Orthomylacris pennsylvaniae, Orthomylacris pittstoniana, Orthomylacris pluteus, Orthomylacris recta, Orthomylacris rigida, Phthinomylacris medialis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Sydney coalfield, Cape Breton (Brown collection), which is in a Westphalian C/Westphalian D terrestrial shale in Canada
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Sydney coalfield, Cape Breton (Brown collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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