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Mantis protogaea

Insecta - Mantodea - Mantidae

Taxonomy
Mantis protogaea was named by Heer (1849). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Oeningen (Lavater'schen collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Mantis protogaea Heer p. 21 figs. Pl 1, fig 8
1907Mantis protogaea Handlirsch p. 693

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
—Holopandictyoptera
superorderDictyopteraLatreille 1829
orderMantodeaBurmeister 1838
suborderNeomantodea
RankNameAuthor
infraorderEumantodea
—Spinomantodea
—Schizomantodea
—Artimantodea
—Cernomantodea
—Metamantodea
—LobipediaSaussure 1870
—Mantimorpha
—Heteromantodea
—Pareumantodea
—Calomantodea
—Promantidea
—Mantidea
superfamilyMantoidea
familyMantidae()
subfamilyMantinae
genusMantis()
speciesprotogaea

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.

†Mantis protogaea Heer 1849
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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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Sarmatian or 12.70000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Mantis protogaea (type locality: 115304)