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Mylacridae
Taxonomy
Mylacridae was named by Scudder (1879).
It was misspelled as Mylacrididae by Zeuner (1955); it was reranked as the family Mylacridae by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1911), Tillyard (1916), Pruvost (1919), Handlirsch (1922), Tillyard (1923), Cockerell (1927), Durden (1969), Schneider (1983), Martens et al. (2005), Jarzembowski and Schneider (2007).
It was assigned to Palaeoblattariae by Scudder (1879), Scudder (1885), Scudder (1886), Scudder (1893), Scudder (1895), Sellards (1904); to Blattariae by Handlirsch (1922); to Blattoidea by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1911), Pruvost (1919), Cockerell (1927), Zeuner (1955); to Mylacroidea by Durden (1969); to Insecta by Martens et al. (2005); and to Blattodea by Tillyard (1916), Tillyard (1923), Schneider (1983), Jarzembowski and Schneider (2007).
It was misspelled as Mylacrididae by Zeuner (1955); it was reranked as the family Mylacridae by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1911), Tillyard (1916), Pruvost (1919), Handlirsch (1922), Tillyard (1923), Cockerell (1927), Durden (1969), Schneider (1983), Martens et al. (2005), Jarzembowski and Schneider (2007).
It was assigned to Palaeoblattariae by Scudder (1879), Scudder (1885), Scudder (1886), Scudder (1893), Scudder (1895), Sellards (1904); to Blattariae by Handlirsch (1922); to Blattoidea by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1911), Pruvost (1919), Cockerell (1927), Zeuner (1955); to Mylacroidea by Durden (1969); to Insecta by Martens et al. (2005); and to Blattodea by Tillyard (1916), Tillyard (1923), Schneider (1983), Jarzembowski and Schneider (2007).
Subtaxa
Amblymylacris, Aphelomylacris, Austromylacrites, Blattina bretonensis, Cathayiblatta, Cyphomylacris, Dictyomylacrinae, Dictyomylacris (syn. Stenomylacris), Drybrookia, Etomylacris, Goniomylacris, Hemimylacrinae, Moravamylacris, M. carbonina, Mylacridium, Mylacrinae, Mylacris (syn. Exochomylacris, Actinomylacris, Promylacris, Chalepomylacris, Lithomylacris), Neorthroblattina (syn. Idiomylacris, Amorphoblatta, Schizoblattina), Opsiomylacris, Orthomylacrinae, Orthomylacris (syn. Phthinomylacris), Paromylacris, Paromylacris ampla, Platymylacris, Ptilomylacris, Rhodesiomylacris, Simplicius, Sooblatta (syn. Discomylacris, Anacoloblatta, Soomylacris), Sooblattella, Sphenomylacris
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1875 | Blattina bretonensis Scudder p. 271 fig. 1 |
1879 | Mylacridae Scudder |
1879 | Mylacris bretonense Scudder p. 41 |
1884 | Mylacris bretonense Scudder p. 300 |
1885 | Mylacridae Scudder p. 34 |
1886 | Mylacridae Scudder p. 211 |
1890 | Paromylacris ampla Scudder p. 408 figs. Pl 31, fig 7 |
1893 | Mylacridae Scudder |
1895 | Mylacridae Scudder p. 40 |
1895 | Mylacris bretonensis Scudder p. 41 |
1895 | Paromylacris ampla Scudder p. 51 figs. Pl III fig 4 |
1904 | Mylacridae Sellards |
1906 | Mylacridae Handlirsch p. 258 |
1906 | Neorthroblattinidae Handlirsch p. 275 |
1906 | Idiomylacridae Handlirsch p. 283 |
1906 | Neorthroblattinidae Handlirsch p. 790 |
1911 | Mylacridae Handlirsch |
1916 | Mylacridae Tillyard |
1919 | Mylacridae Pruvost p. 192 |
1922 | Mylacridae Handlirsch p. 174 |
1923 | Mylacridae Tillyard |
1927 | Mylacridae Cockerell p. 405 |
1955 | Mylacrididae Zeuner p. 685 |
1969 | Idiomylacridae Durden p. 1172 |
1969 | Mylacridae Durden p. 1173 |
1980 | Neorthroblattinidae Laurentiaux-Vieira and Laurentiaux p. 176 |
1983 | Mylacridae Schneider p. 111 |
2005 | Mylacridae Martens et al. |
2007 | Mylacridae Jarzembowski and Schneider p. 451 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. †Mylacridae Scudder 1879
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G. †Amblymylacris Handlirsch 1906
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†Amblymylacris clintoniana Scudder 1895
†Amblymylacris harei Scudder 1895
Invalid names: Amblymylacris (Cursimylacris) Durden 1972 [nomen nudum]
G. †Aphelomylacris Handlirsch 1906
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†Aphelomylacris modesta Handlirsch 1906
†Aphelomylacris singularis Handlirsch 1906
Invalid names: Aphelomylacris (Eomylacris) Durden 1972 [nomen nudum], Aphelomylacris coalburnensis Durden 1972 [nomen nudum]
G. †Cyphomylacris Cockerell 1927
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†Cyphomylacris atrata Cockerell 1927
†Cyphomylacris saclieri Pruvost 1919
G. †Dictyomylacris Brongniart 1894
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†Dictyomylacris densistriate Müller 1975
†Dictyomylacris elegans Handlirsch 1906
†Dictyomylacris insignis Brongniart 1894
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Invalid names: Dictyomylacris analis Handlirsch 1937 [synonym], Dictyomylacris angustior Handlirsch 1937 [synonym], Dictyomylacris medialis Handlirsch 1937 [synonym], Dictyomylacris poiraulti Brongniart 1894 [synonym], Dictyomylacris subcostalis Handlirsch 1937 [synonym], Etoblattina (Metaxyblatta) minuscula Meunier 1921 [synonym], Etoblattina (Metaxyblatta) perturbata Meunier 1921 [synonym], Lithomylacris elegantula Meunier 1921 [synonym], Mesitoblatta brongniarti Handlirsch 1906 [synonym]
†Dictyomylacris jacobsi Meunier 1907
†Dictyomylacris montagnei Pruvost 1912
†Dictyomylacris multinervis Sellards 1904
Invalid names: Stenomylacris Handlirsch 1906 [synonym]
G. †Etomylacris Handlirsch 1920
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†Etomylacris burri Bolton 1912
†Etomylacris straeleni Santos et al. 2025
Subfm. †Hemimylacrinae Pruvost 1919
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G. †Brachymylacris Handlirsch 1906
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Subg. †Brachymylacris (Brachymylacris) Handlirsch 1906
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Invalid names: Brachymylacris (Brachymylacris) mclellanensis Durden 1972 [nomen nudum]
†Brachymylacris bassleri Cockerell 1918
†Brachymylacris elongata Handlirsch 1906
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Invalid names: Brachymylacris cordata Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Brachymylacris mixta Handlirsch 1906 [synonym]
†Brachymylacris martini Cockerell 1927
†Brachymylacris nodulata Bolton 1934
†Brachymylacris rotundata Handlirsch 1906
†Brachymylacris striolatus Handlirsch 1906
Invalid names: Brachymylacris (Bellamylacris) Durden 1972 [nomen nudum], Brachymylacris (Stellamylacris) Durden 1972 [nomen nudum]
G. †Hemimylacrella Handlirsch 1922
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†Hemimylacrella leptophlebiopsis Becker-Migdisova 1961
†Hemimylacrella mammothi Carpenter 1934
G. †Hemimylacris Handlirsch 1906
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†Hemimylacris ampla Waterlot 1934
†Hemimylacris bassleri Cockerell 1927
†Hemimylacris clintoniana Scudder 1895
†Hemimylacris ramificata Handlirsch 1906
Invalid names: Loxoblatta Cockerell 1927 [synonym]
G. †Stephanomylacris Teixeira 1941
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†Stephanomylacris duriensis Teixeira 1941
†Stephanomylacris zbyszewskii Teixeira 1941
Invalid names: Acadiemylacris Durden 1972 [nomen nudum], Blattina sepulta Scudder 1876 [nomen dubium], Pinnamylacris Durden 1972 [nomen nudum], Quasimylacris Durden 1972 [nomen nudum]
G. †Moravamylacris Schneider 1980
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†Moravamylacris kukalovae Schneider 1980
†Moravamylacris ricanyensis Schneider 1980
†Mylacridae carbonina Handlirsch 1906
Subfm. †Mylacrinae Scudder 1886
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G. †Neomylacris Handlirsch 1906
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†Neomylacris major Handlirsch 1906
†Neomylacris minor Handlirsch 1906
†Neomylacris pulla Handlirsch 1906
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Invalid names: Neomylacris paucinervis Handlirsch 1906 [synonym]
G. †Mylacris Scudder 1868
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†Mylacris alutacea Handlirsch 1906
†Mylacris ampla Scudder 1895
†Mylacris analis Handlirsch 1906
†Mylacris angusta Scudder 1879
†Mylacris anthracophila Scudder 1868
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Invalid names: Actinomylacris carbonum Scudder 1884 [synonym], Mylacridae pseudocarbonum Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Mylacris elongata Scudder 1895 [synonym]
†Mylacris antiqua Scudder 1884
†Mylacris diplodiscus Packard 1885
†Mylacris dubia Handlirsch 1906
†Mylacris lapsa Cockerell 1927
†Mylacris lucifuga Scudder 1884
†Mylacris maior Handlirsch 1906
†Mylacris ovalis Scudder 1885
†Mylacris paradoxa Handlirsch 1906
†Mylacris pulchra Handlirsch 1906
†Mylacris rugulosa Handlirsch 1906
†Mylacris sellardsi Handlirsch 1906
†Mylacris similis Carpenter 1934
†Mylacris truncata Handlirsch 1906
†Mylacris truncatula Handlirsch 1906
†Mylacris virginiana Handlirsch 1906
Invalid names: Actinomylacris Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Chalepomylacris Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Exochomylacris Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Lithomylacris Scudder 1879 [synonym], Promylacris Scudder 1885 [synonym]
G. †Neorthroblattina Scudder 1885
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†Neorthroblattina albolineata Scudder 1885
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Invalid names: Mylacridium germari Schlechtendal 1906 [synonym]
†Neorthroblattina brongniarti Handlirsch 1906
†Neorthroblattina germari Schlechtendal 1906
†Neorthroblattina gracilis Handlirsch 1906
†Neorthroblattina multinervia Sellards 1904
Invalid names: Amorphoblatta Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Idiomylacris Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Schizoblattina Sellards 1904 [synonym]
G. †Opsiomylacris Haupt 1952
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†Opsiomylacris densistriata Müller 1975
†Opsiomylacris elegans Müller 1975
†Opsiomylacris phyloblattoidea Scharf 1924
†Opsiomylacris postelegans Müller 1975
†Opsiomylacris posthumus Müller 1957
†Opsiomylacris preciosa Müller 1975
†Opsiomylacris procera Haupt 1952
†Opsiomylacris procerus Haupt 1952
†Opsiomylacris svitaviensis Schneider 1980
†Opsiomylacris thevenini Meunier 1912
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†Paromylacris boulei commentryi Meunier 1921
Invalid names: Paromylacris boulei Meunier 1921 [synonym]
Invalid names: Opsiomylacris (Opsiomylacris) Haupt 1952 [invalid subgroup], Opsiomylacris (Posteriomylacris) Müller 1975 [invalid subgroup]
G. †Orthomylacris Handlirsch 1906
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†Orthomylacris alutacea Handlirsch 1906
†Orthomylacris analis Handlirsch 1906
†Orthomylacris berryi Cockerell 1927
†Orthomylacris contorta Handlirsch 1911
†Orthomylacris cordiformis Handlirsch 1906
†Orthomylacris delicatula Bolton 1939
†Orthomylacris franklini Cockerell 1927
†Orthomylacris gurleyi Scudder 1895
†Orthomylacris hastata Bolton 1939
†Orthomylacris heeri Scudder 1875
†Orthomylacris mansfieldi Scudder 1879
†Orthomylacris mathieui Laurentiaux 1950
†Orthomylacris northi Bolton 1930
†Orthomylacris pauperata Scudder 1890
†Orthomylacris pennsylvaniae Handlirsch 1920
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Invalid names: Orthomylacris pennsylvanica Handlirsch 1906 [replaced]
†Orthomylacris pittstoniana Scudder 1879
†Orthomylacris pluteus Scudder 1895
†Orthomylacris recta Cockerell 1927
†Orthomylacris rigida Scudder 1890
Invalid names: Phthinomylacris Handlirsch 1906 [synonym]
G. †Paromylacris Scudder 1885
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†Paromylacris jacobsi Meunier 1907
†Paromylacris rotunda Scudder 1885
†Paromylacris thevenini Meunier 1912
G. †Sooblatta Handlirsch 1906
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†Sooblatta ampla Waterlot 1934
†Sooblatta boltoniana Schneider 1983
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Invalid names: Orthomylacris lanceolata Bolton 1911 [replaced]
†Sooblatta burri Bolton 1912
†Sooblatta deanensis Scudder 1895
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Invalid names: Hemimylacris obtusa Bolton 1911 [synonym], Phylomylacris membranacea Bolton 1930 [synonym], Soomylacris celtica Bolton 1934 [synonym], Soomylacris stocki Bolton 1922 [synonym]
†Sooblatta emersoni Carpenter 1934
†Sooblatta jacobsi Meunier 1907
†Sooblatta lanceolata Sterzel 1881
†Sooblatta nodulata Bolton 1934
†Sooblatta ovata Wallis 1939
†Sooblatta stephanensis Laurentiaux 1950
†Sooblatta sterzeli Handlirsch 1909
†Sooblatta strahani Bolton 1930
†Sooblatta testudo Scudder 1890
†Sooblatta villeti Pruvost 1912
Invalid names: Anacoloblatta Handlirsch 1920 [synonym], Discomylacris Handlirsch 1920 [synonym], Soomylacris Handlirsch 1906 [synonym]
Invalid names: Blattina bretonensis Scudder 1875 [nomen dubium], Neorthroblattinidae Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Orthomylacrinae Durden 1969 [empty], Paromylacris ampla Scudder 1890 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004 |
Age range: base of the Westphalian B to the top of the Norian or 316.90000 to 205.70000 Ma
Collections (114 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Bashkirian | USA (Illinois) | Mylacris anthracophila (122575) | |
Westphalian | USA (Rhode Island) | Aphelomylacris modesta (112700) | |
Westphalian | USA (West Virginia) | Exochomylacris virginiana (125763) | |
Westphalian B | USA (Maryland) | Brachymylacris martini (124513) | |
Westphalian B | United Kingdom (Wales) | Mesitoblatta nodulata (151401) | |
Moscovian | USA (West Virginia) | Orthomylacris franklini (124499) | |
Moscovian | United Kingdom (England) | Etoblattina deanensis (97600 125696) | |
Moscovian | USA (Maryland) | Cyphomylacris atrata (124516) Loxoblatta bassleri (124498) Mylacris lapsa (124514) Orthomylacris berryi (124497) Orthomylacris recta (124515) | |
Westphalian C | Canada (Nova Scotia) | Acadiemylacris attenuata (216815) Amblymylacris acadica (216826) Amblymylacris orieulxi (155673) Amblymylacris sp., Archimylacris sp. 2 (155671) Aphelomylacris thorburnensis (216829) Brachymylacris belli (216804) Brachymylacris mclellanensis (216823) Brachymylacris mountvillensis (216828) Brachymylacris sp. (216803 216821) Hemimylacridae indet. (216806 216817 216822) Quasimylacris sp. (216816) | |
Westphalian C | France | Soomylacris lotharingiae (153152) | |
Westphalian C - Westphalian D | USA (Oklahoma) | Metachorus striolatus (125738) | |
Westphalian C - Westphalian D | USA (Pennsylvania) | Hemimylacris ramificata, Orthomylacris rugulosa, Orthomylacris elongata, Orthomylacris pennsylvanica, Anomomylacris cubitalis, Mylacris dubia, Neomylacris paucinervis, Idiomylacris gracilis, Neomylacris pulla (125764) Stenomylacris elegans, Chalepomylacris pulchra, Brachymylacris rotundata, Brachymylacris mixta, Goniomylacris pauper (114456) | |
Westphalian C - Westphalian D | France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) | Soomylacris sp. (151695) | |
Westphalian C - Westphalian D | France | Orthomylacris sp. (151689) | |
Westphalian C - Westphalian D | Canada (Nova Scotia) | Blattina bretonensis, Blattina heeri (153634) Blattina sepulta (122607) | |
Westphalian D | United Kingdom (England) | Soomylacris burri (127544) | |
Westphalian D | Germany | Blattina lanceolata (123932) | |
Westphalian D | China (Hebei) | Sooblattella ater, Etomylacris straeleni (147001) | |
Westphalian D | France | Hemimylacris ampla (153151) Lithomylacris ataxica (155439) Mylacridae indet. a (229657) Phylomylacris villeti, Barroisiblatta orieulxi, Soomylacris lievinensis, Lithomylacris gallica (155432) Soomylacris deanensis, Phylomylacris villeti (155431) | |
Westphalian D | USA (Missouri) | Etoblattina clintoniana (124242) Paromylacris clintoniana (125697) | |
Westphalian D | United Kingdom (Wales) | Asemoblatta ovata (162201) Hemimylacris obtusa (97599) Orthomylacris lanceolata (127543) Phylomylacris abrupta, Phylomylacris villeti (151389) Phylomylacris membranacea (151390) Soomylacris northi (151388) Soomylacris obesa, Orthomylacris delicatula (162202) Soomylacris obesa, Orthomylacris hastata (162203) Soomylacris strahani (127292) | |
Westphalian D | United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) | Drybrookia cubitalis (151382) | |
Westphalian D | USA (Illinois) | Lithomylacris simplex (122522) Mylacris mansfieldi (122524) Mylacris similis (146857) Orthomylacris contorta, Platymylacris paucinervis, Mylacris diplodiscus, Mylacris elongata (112630) Paromylacris rotundum, Dipeltis diplodiscus, Mylacris elongata, Promylacris rigida, Paromylacris ampla, Mylacris antiquum, Mylacris ampla (21981) Promylacris ovale, Mylacridae indet., Mylacris gurleyi (122521) | |
Westphalian D | USA (Pennsylvania) | Hemimylacrella mammothi, Actinomylacris similis (124504) Lithomylacris angustum, Lithomylacris pittstonianum, Lithomylacris panperata, Orthomylacris analis, Orthomylacris truncatula, Phthinomylacris cordiformis, Phthinomylacris medialis, Neomylacris major, Sphenomylacris singularis (122525) Mylacris carbonum (125240) Mylacris lucifugum, Orthomylacris alutacea (125766) Mylacris pennsylvanicum, Mylacris mansfieldii, Mylacris priscovolans, Mylacris carbonum, Mylacris ovale, M. pseudocarbonum (117474) Neosimplicius medialis (155384) Paromylacris pluteus (125698) Stenomylacris sp., Brachymylacris bassleri, Ptilomylacris medialis (140162) | |
Westphalian D | Canada (Nova Scotia) | Archimylacris sp. (216833) Phyloblatta sp., Archimylacris sp. 2 (216831) Pinnamylacris elongata, Amblymylacris hendersoniana, Phyloblatta sp. (216834) | |
Westphalian D | France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) | Hemimylacris saclieri (151692) Stenomylacris montagnei (151696) | |
Westphalian D | United Kingdom | Soomylacris celtica (151403) Soomylacris truncata (151402) | |
Stephanian | USA (Missouri) | Promylacris harei (123813) | |
Stephanian | USA (Pennsylvania) | Brachymylacris elongata, Brachymylacris cordata (125960) | |
Kasimovian | USA (Kansas) | Schizoblattina multinervia (113003 147044 147045) | |
Stephanian A | France | Hemimylacris stephanensis (156705) Orthomylacris mathieui (156707) | |
Gzhelian | Russian Federation | Hemimylacrella leptophlebiopsis (124586) | |
Gzhelian | France | Amorphoblatta brongniarti, Mesitoblatta brongniarti, Dictyomylacris insignis, Dictyomylacris poiraulti (103635) Dictyomylacris poiraulti, Dictyomylacris jacobsi, Paromylacris thevenini, Paromylacris boulei, Promylacris brongniarti, Lithomylacris elegantula, Anthracoblattina brongniarti, Etoblattina minuscula, Etoblattina perturbata, Dictyomylacris analis, Dictyomylacris angustior, Dictyomylacris medialis, Dictyomylacris subcostalis (121979) | |
Stephanian B | Morocco | Opsiomylacris thevenini (127454 155288 155289) | |
Stephanian B | France | Orthomylacris sp. (156710) Soomylacris flexuosus (172760) | |
Stephanian C | Portugal | Stephanomylacris sp., Stephanomylacris duriensis, Stephanomylacris zbyszewskii, Lusitanomylacris pruvosti (152394) | |
Stephanian C | Germany | Opsiomylacris densistriata (128415) | |
Stephanian C | Germany (Saxony-Anhalt) | Mylacridium germari, Mylacridium handlirschi, Mylacridium berlichi, Mylacridium longulum, Mylacridium goldenbergi, Mylacridium jucundum, Mylacridium superbum, Mylacridium planum, Mylacridium brongniarti, Mylacridium pulcrum, Mylacridium berlichianum, Mylacridium incertum, Mylacridium depressum, Mylacridium gracile, Mylacridium diversum, Blattoidea sp. (122578) Mylacridium schroeteri (122579) Opsiomylacris densistriata (125736) | |
Asselian | Czechia | Moravamylacris kukalovae, Opsiomylacris sp., Opsiomylacris svitaviensis (114186) Moravamylacris ricanyensis (114141) Moravamylacris sp 1, Opsiomylacris svitaviensis (133680) Opsiomylacris procera (114119) Opsiomylacris sp., Opsiomylacris svitaviensis (133681) | |
Asselian | USA (Colorado) | Neorthroblattina albolineata (106345) | |
Asselian | Germany (Thüringer Wald) | Opsiomylacris elegans (164695) Opsiomylacris preciosa (164694) Opsiomylacris proceriformis (164693) Opsiomylacris procerus (128485) | |
Asselian - Sakmarian | Germany (Thuringia) | Nearoblatta phyloblattoidea (128477) | |
Sakmarian | Germany (Thüringer Wald) | Opsiomylacris postelegans (164696) Opsiomylacris posthumus (160132) | |
Sakmarian | China (Shanxi) | Shanxiblatta suni, Shanxiblatta striata (140455) | |
Artinskian | Germany (Thuringia) | Moravamylacris kukalovae, Opsiomylacris sp. (80112) | |
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian | Zimbabwe (Sebungu) | Rhodesiomylacris bondi (116117) | |
Longobardian | China (Shaanxi) | Cathayiblatta longata (117138) | |
Norian | Australia (Queensland) | Austromylacrites latus (111777) |