†Palaeobittacus eocenicus Carpenter 1928 (hangingfly)
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Insecta - Mecoptera - Bittacidae
Full reference: F. M. Carpenter. 1928. A scorpion-fly from the Green River Eocene. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 18:241-248
Belongs to Palaeobittacus according to R. Willmann 1978
See also Carpenter 1928 and Carpenter 1931
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Piceance Creek, two miles west of Rio Blanco, which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large shale in the Green River Formation of Colorado
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Piceance Creek, two miles west of Rio Blanco
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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