†Alderblattina simmsi Swaby et al. 2024 (cockroach)
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Insecta - Blattaria - Rhipidoblattinidae
Full reference: E. J. Swaby, A. L. Coe, and A. J. Ross. 2024. A new cockroach (Blattodea, Rhipidoblattinidae) from the Toarcian (Lower Jurassic) of Alderton Hill, Gloucestershire, UK, and the earliest likely occurrence of aposematic colouration in cockroaches. Papers in Palaeontology 10(e1598)
Belongs to Alderblattina according to E. J. Swaby et al. 2024
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: BRSMG Cg2374/2375, a tegmen. Its type locality is Alderton Hill (BRSMG collection), which is in a Falciferum marine limestone in the Whitby Mudstone Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Alderton Hill (BRSMG collection)
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