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Plagioblatta flexuosa

Insecta - Blattodea - Archimylacridae

Taxonomy
Atimoblatta flexuosa was named by Cockerell (1918). Its type specimen is USNM 64348, a tegmen, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Humphreys clay pit, Port Barnett, which is in a Westphalian D terrestrial siliciclastic in the Pottsville Formation of Pennsylvania.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Handlirsch (1922); it was recombined as Plagioblatta flexuosa by Durden (1984).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Atimoblatta flexuosa Cockerell p. 306 figs. Pl 54, fig 6
1984Plagioblatta flexuosa Durden p. 178 figs. Pl 2, fig 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
Holopandictyoptera
superorderDictyopteraLatreille 1829
orderBlattodea(Latreille 1810)
familyArchimylacridae
genusPlagioblatta
speciesflexuosa()

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.

Plagioblatta flexuosa Cockerell 1918
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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: Westphalian D or 309.80000 to 307.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5USA (Pennsylvania) Atimoblatta flexuosa (type locality: 140162)