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Forficula paleocaenica

Insecta - Dermaptera - Forficulidae

Taxonomy
Forficula paleocaenica was named by Willmann (1990). Its type specimen is FM 178, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Knudegrav, Fur, which is in a Ypresian offshore ramp claystone in the Ølst Formation of Denmark.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Forficula paleocaenica Willmann p. 18 figs. Pl 1, figs a-f; text-figs 1-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
Haplocercata
orderDermaptera
PandermapteraEngel
ApodermapteraEngel
suborderNeodermaptera
infraorderEpidermaptera
Eteodermaptera
Eudermaptera()
superfamilyForficuloidea
familyForficulidae
subfamilyForficulinae
genusForficula
speciespaleocaenica

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.

Forficula paleocaenica Willmann 1990
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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: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Denmark Forficula paleocaenica (114153 114154 152143 152144 152147 type locality: 152151)