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Elisama elongata

Insecta - Blattaria - Blattulidae

Taxonomy
Blatta elongata was named by Giebel (1856). It is an impression. Its type locality is Durlston Bay, Middle Purbeck, Swanage (Brodie collection), which is in a Berriasian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Durlston Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Mesoblattina elongata by Scudder (1886); it was considered a nomen dubium by Heer (1864); it was recombined as Elisama elongata by Swaby et al. (2024).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Blatta elongata Giebel p. 322
1886Mesoblattina bucklandi Scudder p. 457 figs. Pl 47 fig 2
1886Mesoblattina elongata Scudder p. 458
1906Rhipidoblattina bucklandi Handlirsch p. 531 figs. Pl XLVI fig 8
2020Rhipidoblattina bucklandi Vršanský p. 44
2024Elisama elongata Swaby et al. p. 6

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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
genusElisama
specieselongata()

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.

†Elisama elongata Giebel 1856
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Invalid names: Mesoblattina bucklandi Scudder 1886 [objective synonym]
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 (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05United Kingdom (England) Blattidae indet. (type locality: 117342) Mesoblattina bucklandi (133535)