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Psyche 
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Megasecoptera 
Brodiopteridae Carpenter, 1963 
Brodioptera Copeland, 1957 
Brodioptera stricklani n. sp. 
Figs. 1-2 
Holotype. Male, UTAH, Utah Co., 1.5 miles East of highway 
73 at point 4.3 miles west of Lehi (Sec. 9 T5S R1W, Utah County, 
Utah in Jordan Narrows Quadrangle; 40°23'30"N 111°57'30"W) in 
clay pits of the Manning Canyon Shale Formation of lowermost 
Pennsylvanian (lowermost Namurian B) age. Deposited in Brigham 
Young University paleontological collection as specimen #3160. 
Description. Male, length from head to distal portion of geni- 
talia 26 mm; expanse measured between apices of forewings of 
complete specimen 57 mm; head with vaguely preserved mouth- 
parts; antennae filiform, incomplete right remnant 9 mm in length, 
left remnant 40 mm; legs poorly preserved, three on left side, two on 
right; length of each forewing 28 mm, width of each forewing meas- 
ured at apex of Sc 8 mm; length of right hindwing 25 mm, not flat 
during preservation, length of left hindwing 28 mm, width of each 
hindwing 8 mm measured at apex of Sc. Wings as in Figs. 2a-d; Sc 
joining C near midlength of each wing; Ri and Rs forking in basal 
quarter, Rs with four branches; MA and MP forking at 1/3 wing 
length, MA arching anteriorly near fork with MP to nearly contact 
Rs; CuA and CuP forking in basal 1/3; anal veins composed of 
three branches with A3 seen only in right hind wing (Fig. 2d); cross- 
veins few but straight and irregularly placed. Abdomen with faint 
indication of segmentation; genitalia 4.8 mm in length, composed of 
lateral claspers and medial gonapophyses, neither claspers nor 
gonapophyses with annulations; cerci long and filiform more than 
54 mm in length. 
Preservation. The specimen of B. stricklani consists of a part 
and counterpart with characters better preserved on one rather than 
the other of the faces. The specimen is lying ventral side up. In this 
position, the basal portions of the wings are covered from view with 
the legs lying over parts of the specimen. Details of the head as well 
as the thorax including attachments of the legs and wings cannot be 
observed. The specimen is a compression fossil with concavities and 
convexities of the wings not apparent. Many of the structures of the 
specimen are indicated by hematitic material; however, the legs and 
