Insecta - Dicondylia - Triassoblattidae
Full reference: E. F. Riek. 1974. Upper Triassic Insects from the Molteno "Formation", South Africa. Palaeontologia Africana 17:19-31
Belongs to Triassoblatta according to E. F. Riek 1974
Sister taxa: Triassoblatta argentina, Triassoblatta bella, Triassoblatta cargnini, Triassoblatta damiaoliangensis, Triassoblatta dehiscens, Triassoblatta denmeadi, Triassoblatta fusiformis, Triassoblatta grandis, Triassoblatta hyptis, Triassoblatta insignita, Triassoblatta intermedia, Triassoblatta intramedia, Triassoblatta jonesi, Triassoblatta natalensis, Triassoblatta obtusa, Triassoblatta okafujii, Triassoblatta opistodictyna, Triassoblatta ovata, Triassoblatta phyllopteris, Triassoblatta reducta, Triassoblatta rotundipenna, Triassoblatta simplex, Triassoblatta tasmanica, Triassoblatta tegmina, Triassoblatta tenuicubiti, Triassoblatta triquestra, Triassoblatta tudupinensis, Triassoblatta typica, Triassoblatta uralica
Type specimen: C-As I 160, a tegmen. Its type locality is Askeaton (Ask 111), which is in a Carnian pond mudstone/shale in the Molteno Formation of South Africa.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Triassic of South Africa (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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