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Rhipidoblattina geikiei

Insecta - Blattaria - Rhipidoblattinidae

Taxonomy
Mesoblattina geikiei was named by Scudder (1886). Its type specimen is NHM I 10620, a forewing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Brown's Wood, Warwickshire, which is in a Rhaetian marine horizon in the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Rhipidoblattina.

It was recombined as Rhipidoblattina geikiei by Handlirsch (1906), Vršanský and Ansorge (2007), Vršanský (2020), Swaby et al. (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Mesoblattina geikiei Scudder p. 454 figs. Pl 46 fig 9
1906Rhipidoblattina geikiei Handlirsch p. 429 figs. Pl XL fig 20
2007Rhipidoblattina geikiei Vršanský and Ansorge p. 113
2020Rhipidoblattina geikiei Vršanský p. 44
2024Rhipidoblattina geikiei Swaby et al. p. 6

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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
RankNameAuthor
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
ExopterygotaSharp 1899
orderBlattaria(Latreille 1810)
superfamilyRaphidiomimoideaVishniakova 1973
familyRhipidoblattinidae
genusRhipidoblattina
speciesgeikiei()

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.

Rhipidoblattina geikiei Scudder 1886
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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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Rhaetian or 205.70000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4United Kingdom (England) Mesoblattina geikiei (type locality: 113957)