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Mesacridites elongata

Insecta - Orthoptera - Locustavidae

Taxonomy
Mesacridites elongata was named by Riek (1954). Its type specimen is Australian Museum F.30970, a forewing (partial forewing), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Beacon Hill Quarry (AM collection), which is in an Anisian lacustrine - small shale in the Hawkesbury Sandstone Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Mesacridites elongata Riek p. 163
2005Mesacridites elongata Béthoux and Ross p. 607 fig. 1,2
2020Mesacridites elongata Béthoux p. 1659 fig. 2D

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
orderOrthoptera
suborderCaelifera
infraorderAcridideaMacLeay 1821
Acridomorpha
superfamilyLocustopsoideaHandlirsch 1906
familyLocustavidae
genusMesacridites
specieselongata

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.

Mesacridites elongata Riek 1954
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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: Anisian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Australia (New South Wales) Mesacridites elongata (type locality: 106483)