†Palaeocampa anthrax Meek and Worthen 1865
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Full reference: F. B. Meek and A. H. Worthen. 1865. Notice of some new types of organic remains from the Coal Measures of Illinois. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 17:41-53
Belongs to Palaeocampa according to R. J. Knecht et al. 2025
See also Meek and Worthen 1865 and Pleijel et al. 2004
Sister taxon: Palaeocampa hystrix
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
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of France (2 collections), United States (4: Illinois)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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