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Amblyblatta lata

Insecta - Petrablattinidae

Taxonomy
Gerablattina lata was named by Scudder (1895). Its type specimen is USNM 38174, a tegmen, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Cassville, which is in an Asselian terrestrial shale in the Cassville Shales Formation of West Virginia. It is the type species of Amblyblatta.

It was recombined as Amblyblatta lata by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1920), Handlirsch (1922).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Gerablattina lata Scudder p. 125 figs. Pl 11 fig 2
1906Amblyblatta lata Handlirsch p. 366 figs. Pl XXXVI fig 4
1920Amblyblatta lata Handlirsch p. 446
1922Amblyblatta lata Handlirsch p. 147

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
—Holopandictyoptera
—Eoblattodea()
superfamilyLatindioideaHandlirsch 1925
familyPetrablattinidae
genusAmblyblatta
specieslata()

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.

†Amblyblatta lata Scudder 1895
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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: Asselian or 298.90000 to 293.52000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (West Virginia) Gerablattina lata (type locality: 122604)