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Eozaentetrix wittecki

Insecta - Orthoptera - Tetrigidae

Taxonomy
Eozaentetrix wittecki was named by Zessin (2017). Its type specimen is Witteck 2444, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Island of Fur (Witteck coll), which is in a Ypresian offshore ramp mudstone in the Moler Formation of Denmark. It is the type species of Eozaentetrix.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Eozaentetrix wittecki Zessin p. 79 figs. 4-10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
orderOrthoptera
suborderCaelifera
infraorderAcridideaMacLeay 1821
superfamilyTetrigoideaRambur 1838
familyTetrigidaeRambur 1838
genusEozaentetrix
specieswittecki

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Eozaentetrix wittecki Zessin 2017
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinsubo
Grouping: gregarioussubo
Environment: terrestrialsubo
Locomotion: fast-movingsubo
Life habit: ground dwellingsubo
Diet: grazersubo
Diet 2: herbivoresubo
Vision: well-developedsubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Dispersal: direct/internalsubo
Dispersal 2: mobilesubo
Created: 2011-07-02 09:51:38
Modified: 2011-07-01 18:51:38
Source: subo = suborder
Reference: Tillyard 1921

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Denmark Eozaentetrix wittecki (type locality: 157040)