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Homopterulum signoretii

Insecta - Hemiptera - Archijassidae

Taxonomy
Cercopidium signoretii was named by Westwood (1854). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Durlston Bay, Lower Purbeck, Swanage (Brodie coll.), which is in a Berriasian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Homopterulum signoreti by Handlirsch (1907), Evans (1956); it was recombined as Homopterulum signoretii by Hamilton (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Cercopidium signoretii Westwood pp. 390, 396 figs. Pl 18, fig 36
1907Homopterulum signoreti Handlirsch p. 642 figs. Pl LI fig 35
1956Homopterulum signoreti Evans p. 212
1992Homopterulum signoretii Hamilton p. 425

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Clareocercaria
—Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
—Condylognatha
orderHemiptera
suborderAuchenorrhyncha()
infraorderCicadomorphaEvans 1946
superfamilyMembracoideaRafinesque 1815
familyArchijassidae
subfamilyDellasharinae
genusHomopterulum
speciessignoretii()

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.

†Homopterulum signoretii Westwood 1854
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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: Early/Lower Berriasian or 143.10000 to 141.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Berriasian143.1 - 141.0United Kingdom (England) Cercopidium signoretii (type locality: 105966)