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Panorpidium tessellatum

Insecta - Orthoptera - Elcanidae

Taxonomy
Panorpidium tessellatum was named by Westwood (1854). Its type specimen is NHM I.3982/I.12262, a tegmen, and it is a compression fossil. 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.

It was recombined as Elcana tessellata by Giebel (1856), Handlirsch (1906); it was recombined as Elcana tesselata by Zessin (1987).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Panorpidium tessellatum Westwood pp. 384, 394 figs. Pl 15 fig 17
1856Elcana tessellata Giebel p. 259
1906Elcana tessellata Handlirsch p. 518
1987Elcana tesselata Zessin p. 59
1996Panorpidium tessellatum Jarzembowski p. 156 figs. 1-3
2006Panorpidium tesselatum Gorochov et al. p. 644 fig. 5A,B
2012Panorpidium tessellatum Eades et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
orderOrthoptera
suborderEnsiferaChopard 1920
infraorderElcanidea
superfamilyElcanoidea
familyElcanidae
subfamilyElcaninae
genusPanorpidium
speciestessellatum

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.

†Panorpidium tessellatum Westwood 1854
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinsubo
Ontogeny: moltingsubo
Grouping: gregarioussubo
Environment: terrestrialsubo
Locomotion: fast-movingsubo
Life habit: ground dwellingsubo
Diet: herbivoresubo
Vision: well-developedsubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Dispersal: direct/internalsubo
Dispersal 2: mobilesubo
Created: 2011-07-02 09:58:43
Modified: 2011-07-01 18:58:43
Source: subo = suborder
Reference: Tillyard 1921

Age range: Late/Upper Berriasian or 139.10000 to 137.05000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05United Kingdom (England) Panorpidium tesselatum (103833 type locality: 117342) Panorpidium tessellatum (160681)