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Mazon Creek Fossil Fauna

Arthropods 


Insects, Nymphs, and Wings

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Monurans

'Dasyleptus' sp.

Bristletails
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                            Above and below: 'Dasyleptus' sp., Pit 11, Braidwood, IL - C.Berg collection (photos by C.Berg)
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                                                         'Dasyleptus' sp., Mazon River, Morris, IL - A.Young collection
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                                                           Field Museum collection
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                                                                       J.Wittry collection
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                                                     'Dasyleptus' sp., Mazon River, Morris, IL - P.Anderson collection

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                                                         'Dasyleptus' sp., Mazon River, Morris, IL - M.Angkuw collection
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Ramsdelepidion schusteri - Kukalová-Peck, 1987


Eubleptus danielsi - Handlirsch, 1906


Hypoperlids

Protodictyon pulchripenne

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 Protodictyon pulchripenne holotype, Chicago Academy of Sciences CHAS: Paleo: 4749a, Figure 57.2 Mazon Creek Fossil Fauna 2012 

Eucaenus ovalis - Scudder, 1885

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                 Eucaenus ovalis, Chicago Academy of Sciences collection CHAS: Paleo: 4739, Figure 59.4 The Mazon Creek Fossil
                     Fauna
2012 (once the holotype for Eucaenus attenuatus Melander, 1903, now a junior synonym of E. ovalis)
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                                                              Above and below: Eucaenus ovalis - R.Rock collection
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Eucaenus ovalis, found open in the Mazon River, Morris, IL

Herdina mirificus - Carpenter and Richardson, 1971

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                                                      Herdina mirificus - J.Wittry collection (positive and negative halves)

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                                                                                                                                                          Hypoperlid - J.Wittry collection

Unnamed Member of Herdina Group

The Herdina group is probably very distantly related to bark lice.
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                                                                   Mazon River, Morris, IL - P.Anderson collection

Undetermined Adult Insects

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                                                                                                                                                                                 R.Rock collection

Protorthopterids

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                                                                                                                                                   Field Museum collection

Heterologus langfordorum

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                               Above and below: Heterologus langfordorum, Mazon River, Morris, IL - M.Angkuw collection
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Archaeorthopterids

Gerarids

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                                                     Gerarus sp., Mazon River, Morris, IL - Dr. C.Comfort collection
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                                                                     Mazon River, Morris, IL - A.Young collection 

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                                                        D.Damrow collection (fossil preparation by J.Kukalová-Peck)
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               Milwaukee Public Museum collection VP359221
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                                                              D.Douglass collection

Miamia bronsoni - Dana, 1864


Notorachis wolfforum - Carpenter and Richardson, 1971


Prochoroptera calopteryx - Handlirsch, 1911

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                                               Prochoroptera calopteryx, J.Wittry collection (positive and negative halves)

Srokalarva berthei - Haug et al., 2016


Roachoids

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        MPM P359254 (above) and​ MPM VP359257.1 (right)
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                                                                                                                                    Field Museum collection
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             Above and below: Pit 2, Wilmington, IL - H.Cwik (now in the collection of the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History) 
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Insect Nymphs 

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                                          Insect nymph, MPM VP359679.2 and VP359679.1 (positive and negative halves)
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                                          Above and below: R.Rock collection, Figure 65.1 The Mazon Creek Fossil Fauna 2012
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                                                       Field Museum collection (T.Testa - positive and negative halves)
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                                                                      Undetermined insect nymph: R.Rock collection
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                                          Above and below: insect nymph, possibly Lithoneura pieko - R.Rock collection
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Insect Wings

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                                                                      Pit 11, Braidwood, IL - A.Young collection
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                                    Undetermined insect wings, showing preserved color pattern - R.Coleman collection

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                                                                       Pit 1, Wilmington, IL - B.Morton collection
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              Above and below: Pit 2, Wilmington, IL, showing excellent venation and bi-color preservation - A.Young collection 
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 Above and right: Mazon River, Morris, IL - A.Young collection 
        (most likely Gerarus danielsi based on wing venation)
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                                                                                                                                                     C.Davis collection
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                                                                                                                        Lauer Foundation collection

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    • recent sculpture
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    • exhibition views
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