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Eotettigarcta scotica

Insecta - Hemiptera - Tettigarctidae

Taxonomy
Eotettigarcta scotica was named by Zeuner (1944). Its type specimen is BMNH In 38883, a hindwing (anal lobe missing, apex damaged), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Ardtun Head, Isle of Mull, which is in a Thanetian lacustrine claystone/sandstone in the interbasaltic plant-beds Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Eotettigarcta scotica Zeuner p. 110
1983Eotettigarcta scotica Whalley p. 140 fig. 1
2018Eotettigarcta scotica Moulds

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Clareocercaria
—Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
—Condylognatha
orderHemiptera
suborderAuchenorrhyncha()
infraorderCicadomorphaEvans 1946
superfamilyCicadoidea
familyTettigarctidaeDistant 1905
subfamilyTettigarctinaeDistant 1905
tribeProtabanini()
genusEotettigarcta
speciesscotica

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.

†Eotettigarcta scotica Zeuner 1944
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Thanetian or 59.24000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0United Kingdom (Scotland) Eotettigarcta scotica (type locality: 113632)