Chrestotella danae Scudder 1868 (winged insect)

Insecta - Protorthoptera

Alternative combinations: Chrestotes danae, Gerarus danae, Miamia danae

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1868. Supplement to descriptions of articulates. Descriptions of fossil insects found on Mazon Creek, and near Morris, Grundy Co. Ill. Geological Survey of Illinois 3:566-572

Belongs to Chrestotella according to A. Handlirsch 1922

See also Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1919, Melander 1903, Scudder 1868, Scudder 1885 and Scudder 1885

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Mazon Creek (University of Illinois collection), which is in a Westphalian D deltaic mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (2: Illinois collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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