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Artinska ovata

Insecta - Grylloblattodea - Lemmatophoridae

Taxonomy

Orta ovata was named by Sellards (1909). Its type specimen is Sellards 295, a forewing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Elmo, Sellards collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.

It was recombined as Artinska ovata by Tillyard (1928), Carpenter (1935), Carpenter (1939), Storozhenko (1998) and Beckemeyer (2009).

Synonyms

Orta tillyardiana was named by Handlirsch (1937). It is an impression.

It was synonymized subjectively with Artinska ovata by Carpenter (1939) and Storozhenko (1998).
Orta sellardsiana was named by Handlirsch (1937). It is an impression.

It was synonymized subjectively with Artinska ovata by Carpenter (1939) and Storozhenko (1998).
Orta reducta was named by Handlirsch (1937). It is an impression. Its type locality is Elmo, YPM 1921 collection, which is in an Artinskian pond limestone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.

It was synonymized subjectively with Artinska ovata by Carpenter (1939) and Storozhenko (1998).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1909	Orta ovata Sellards p. 168 fig. 23
1922	Orta ovata Handlirsch p. 92
1928	Artinska ovata Tillyard p. 331 figs. 9-12
1935	Artinska ovata Carpenter p. 122 fig. 4
1937	Orta reducta Handlirsch
1937	Orta sellardsiana Handlirsch p. 96
1937	Orta tillyardiana Handlirsch p. 96
1939	Artinska ovata Carpenter p. 66
1998	Artinska ovata Storozhenko p. 78 fig. 127
2009	Artinska ovata Beckemeyer p. 46 figs. 1a-c

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Polyneoptera	Martynov 1938
—	Xenonomia
order	Grylloblattodea	Walker 1914
family	Lemmatophoridae
subfamily	Lemmatophorinae	Sellards 1909
genus	Artinska
species	ovata	()

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.

†Artinska ovata Sellards 1909

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Invalid names: Orta reducta Handlirsch 1937 [synonym], Orta sellardsiana Handlirsch 1937 [synonym], Orta tillyardiana Handlirsch 1937 [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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections (8 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Artinskian	290.1 - 279.3	USA (Oklahoma)	Artinska ovata (104820)
Artinskian	290.1 - 279.3	USA (Kansas)	Artinska ovata (111217 111319 111320 114151 114152) Artinska ovata, Orta reducta (111219) Orta ovata (type locality: 21979)