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Morphna cenozoica

Insecta - Blattodea - Blaberidae

Taxonomy
Morphna cenozoica was named by Šmídová and Wedmann (2021). Its type specimen is SF-MeI 10188, a forewing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Grube Messel grid square G8/9, 1.25-1.97 m below alpha marker, which is in a MP 11 crater lake claystone in the Messel Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Morphna cenozoica Šmídová and Wedmann p. 74 fig. 2C,D

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
—Holopandictyoptera
superorderDictyopteraLatreille 1829
orderBlattodea(Latreille 1810)
superfamilyBlaberoidea
—Orkrasomeria
familyBlaberidae()
subfamilyEpilamprinae()
tribeMorphnini
genusMorphnaShelford 1910
speciescenozoica

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.

†Morphna cenozoica Šmídová and Wedmann 2021
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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: MP 11 or 48.60000 to 40.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 1148.6 - 40.4Germany (Hessen) Morphna cenozoica (type locality: 233255)