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Vitimoilus ovatus

Insecta - Orthoptera - Haglidae

Taxonomy
Vitimoilus ovatus was named by Gu et al. (2017). Its type specimen is CNU-ORT-HF2010004, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Fengning County (CNU collection), which is in a Hauterivian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Dabeigou Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Vitimoilus ovatus Gu et al. p. 152 figs. 1-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
orderOrthoptera
suborderEnsiferaChopard 1920
infraorderTettigoniidea
superfamilyHagloideaHandlirsch 1906
familyHaglidae
subfamilyCyrtophyllitinae
genusVitimoilus
speciesovatus

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.

Vitimoilus ovatus Gu et al. 2017
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinsubo
Ontogeny: moltingsubo
Grouping: gregarioussubo
Environment: terrestrialsubo
Locomotion: fast-movingsubo
Life habit: ground dwellingsubo
Diet: herbivoresubo
Vision: well-developedsubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Dispersal: direct/internalsubo
Dispersal 2: mobilesubo
Created: 2011-07-02 09:58:43
Modified: 2011-07-01 18:58:43
Source: subo = suborder
Reference: Tillyard 1921

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Hauterivian to the top of the Late/Upper Barremian or 136.40000 to 125.45000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0China (Hebei) Vitimoilus ovatus (type locality: 113484)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45China (Liaoning) Vitimoilus ovatus (184476)