Insecta - Blattaria - Blattulidae
Alternative combinations: Blatta elongata, Mesoblattina elongata
Synonyms: Mesoblattina bucklandi Scudder 1886 [objective synonym], Rhipidoblattina bucklandi Scudder 1886 [objective synonym]
Full reference: C. G. Giebel. 1856. Die Insecten und Spinnen der Vorwelt mit steter Berücksichtigung der lebenden Insekten und Spinnen. Die Fauna der Vorwelt 2:1-511
Belongs to Elisama according to E. J. Swaby et al. 2024
See also Giebel 1856, Handlirsch 1906, Heer 1864, Scudder 1886 and Vršanský 2020
Sister taxa: Elisama algeriaensis, Elisama brevis, Elisama cuboides, Elisama extenuata, Elisama fragmentaria, Elisama globosa, Elisama grandis, Elisama hindwingnii, Elisama incerta, Elisama kneri, Elisama minor, Elisama parallela, Elisama prelistama, Elisama pterostigmata, Elisama scudderi, Elisama tsaganica, Araripeblatta toledoi, Araripeblatta simplex, Araripeblatta oliveirai, Araripeblatta dornellesi, Araripeblatta bolzoni, Ctenoblattina arcta, Ctenoblattina dignata
Type specimens:
- Elisama elongata: Its type locality is Durlston Bay, Middle Purbeck, Swanage (Brodie collection), which is in a Berriasian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Durlston Formation of the United Kingdom
- Mesoblattina bucklandi: Its type locality is English Purbeck (unknown locality), which is in a Berriasian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal horizon in the United Kingdom.
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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