ammonites
Misthodotes obtusus Sellards 1907 (winged insect)

Insecta - Dicondylia - Misthodotidae

Alternative combination: Dromeus obtusus

Full reference: E. H. Sellards. 1907. Types of Permian insects, Part II - Plectoptera. American Journal of Science, Series 4 23(137):345-355

Belongs to Misthodotes according to F. M. Carpenter 1979

Sister taxa: Misthodotes biguttatus, Misthodotes delicatulus, Misthodotes dubius, Misthodotes edmundsi, Misthodotes ovalis, Misthodotes stapfi, Misthodotes tshernovae

Type specimen: Its type locality is Elmo, Sellards collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas

Ecology:

Average measurements (in mm): body 13.5 x 3.0, forewing 10.5 x 4.3, hindwing 10.2 x 3.6, wing 12.0 x 4.0