†Lithoneura mirifica Carpenter 1943 (winged insect)
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Insecta - Dicondylia - Syntonopteridae
Synonym: Lithoneura carpenteri Richardson 1956
Full reference: F. M. Carpenter. 1943. Carboniferous insects from the vicinity of Mazon Creek, Illinois. Illinois State Museum, Scientific Papers 3(1):9-24
Belongs to Lithoneura according to R. Willmann 2007
See also Carpenter 1943, Carpenter 1987 and Richardson 1956
Sister taxa: Lithoneura clayesi, Lithoneura lameerei, Lithoneura piecko
Type specimens:
- Lithoneura mirifica: ISM 14880, a hindwing. Its type locality is Mazon Creek (Illinois State Museum collection), which is in a Westphalian D deltaic mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.
- Lithoneura carpenteri: FMNH 45248, a wing. Its type locality is Mazon Creek (FMNH collection), which is in a Westphalian D deltaic mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (3: Illinois collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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