Insecta - Megasecoptera - Brodiopteridae

Full reference: M. Pecharová, D. Ren, and J. Prokop. 2015. A new palaeodictyopteroid (Megasecoptera: Brodiopteridae) from the Early Pennsylvanian of northern China reveals unique morphological traits and intra-specific variability. Alcheringa 39:236-249

Belongs to Brodioptera according to M. Pecharová et al. 2015

See also Prokop et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Brodioptera cumberlandensis, Brodioptera pintoi, Brodioptera stricklani

Type specimen: CNU-NX1-600, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Xiaheyan, Zhongwei County (CNU coll), which is in a Westphalian B/Westphalian C interdistributary bay siliciclastic in the Yanghugou Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Xiaheyan, Zhongwei County (CNU coll)

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