Boltonocosta Carpenter 1986 (winged insect)

Insecta - Dicondylia - Boltonocostidae

Synonym: Orthocosta Bolton 1912 [replaced name]

Full reference: F. M. Carpenter. 1986. Substitute names for some extinct genera of fossil insects. Psyche 92:575-582

Parent taxon: Boltonocostidae according to A. J. Ross et al. 2013

See also Bolton 1912, Bolton 1921, Carpenter 1986, Carpenter 1992, Handlirsch 1919 and Handlirsch 1922

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Boltonocosta splendens Orthocosta lithomantidoides

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Type: Orthocosta splendens

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of France (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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