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Geinitzia schlieffeni

Insecta - Reculida - Geinitziidae

Taxonomy
Gryllacris schlieffeni was named by Geinitz (1884). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany.

It was recombined as Geinitzia schlieffeni by Handlirsch (1906), Zeuner (1939) and Storozhenko (1998).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Gryllacris schlieffeni Geinitz p. 580 figs. Pl 13, fig 24
1906Geinitzia schlieffeni Handlirsch p. 427 figs. Pl XL fig 14
1939Geinitzia schlieffeni Zeuner p. 179
1998Geinitzia schlieffeni Storozhenko p. 126 fig. 254

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
orderReculida()
familyGeinitziidae
genusGeinitzia
speciesschlieffeni()

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.

Geinitzia schlieffeni Geinitz 1884
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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 Toarcian or 183.00000 to 182.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany Gryllacris schlieffeni (type locality: 123987)