†Megathentomum scudderi Handlirsch 1906 (winged insect)
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Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 1-640
Belongs to Megathentomum according to A. Handlirsch 1906
Sister taxa: Megathentomum formosum, Megathentomum pustulatum
Type specimen: USNM, a wing (wing fragment). Its type locality is Mazon Creek, USNM Lacoe Collection, which is in a Westphalian D interdistributary bay mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Mazon Creek, USNM Lacoe Collection
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