Palaeodictyopteron virginianum Handlirsch 1906 (winged insect)

Insecta - Dicondylia

Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Revision of American Paleozoic insects. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 29(1441):661-820

Belongs to Palaeodictyopteron according to C. J. Durden 1984

See also Carpenter 1948, Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1906 and Handlirsch 1919

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 25635, a nymph. Its type locality is McGinner's Mine near Hampton, which is in a Westphalian terrestrial horizon in West Virginia.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at McGinner's Mine near Hampton

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