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Scudder, 1885
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Gerarus
Scudder, 1885
species †
Gerarus
vetus
Scudder, 1885
Distribution:
Upper Carboniferous, Illinois, Mazon Creek
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Specimen records
are available.
Citations:
Scudder. 1885. Mem. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 3:344
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Gerarus
vetus
Burnham. 1983. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology 90:14
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Gerarus
vetus
Type specimen information:
Type locality: Northern America, North-Central U.S.A., Illinois, Mazon Creek; Carboniferous
Kind of type: holotype
Specimen category: Unsexed adult
Location of type: USNM Smithsonian
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