ammonites
Oxynoblatta americana Scudder 1895 (cockroach)

Insecta - Blattodea - Archimylacridae

Alternative combination: Anthracoblattina americana

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1895. Revision of the American fossil cockroaches with descriptions of new forms. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 124:1-176

Belongs to Oxynoblatta according to A. Handlirsch 1906

Sister taxa: Oxynoblatta alutacea, Oxynoblatta triangularis

Type specimen: Coll Lacoe 2137a, a tegmen. Its type locality is Clinton, which is in a Westphalian D estuary/bay siliciclastic/coal in the Jordan Coal Formation of Missouri.

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Average measurements (in mm): tegmen 30.0 x 14.5