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Blattula prestwichii

Insecta - Blattaria - Blattulidae

Taxonomy
Nannoblattina prestwichii was named by Scudder (1886). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is English Purbeck (unknown locality), which is in a Berriasian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal horizon in the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Blattula prestwichii by Handlirsch (1906).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. bre, B. fragilis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Nannoblattina prestwichii Scudder p. 475 figs. Pl 48 fig 3
1906Blattula prestwichii Handlirsch p. 533 figs. Pl XLVI fig 14

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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
RankNameAuthor
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—ExopterygotaSharp 1899
orderBlattaria(Latreille 1810)
superfamilyBlattuloidea
familyBlattulidae
genusBlattula
speciesprestwichii()

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.

†Blattula prestwichii 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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

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

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05United Kingdom (England) Nannoblattina prestwichii (type locality: 133535)