Insecta - Megasecoptera - Aspidothoracidae

Full reference: A. A. Santos, A. Hernández-Orúe, E. Peñalver, S. McLoughlin, J. B. Diez and A. Nel. 2025. First Iberian aspidothoracid megasecopteran insect and associated plants evidencing herbivory in a tropical Carboniferous forest from León, Spain. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 70:115-124

Belongs to Aspidothorax according to A. A. Santos et al. 2025

Sister taxa: Aspidothorax permianus, Aspidothorax triangularis, Protocapnia

Type specimen: MUPE-IWC-01, a wing. Its type locality is Outcrop near Carmen mine, La Magdalena Coalfield, which is in a Gzhelian mire/swamp siliciclastic in Spain.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Outcrop near Carmen mine, La Magdalena Coalfield

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