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Plesioidischia baentschi

Insecta - Orthoptera - Oedischiidae

Taxonomy
Plesioidischia baentschi was named by Schlechtendal (1906). Its type specimen is Naturhist Ver. Bonn, 46, a forewing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Nonnweiler near Birkenfeld-Nahe, which is in an Asselian/Sakmarian fluvial-lacustrine shale in the Lebacher Schichten Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Plesioidischia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Plesioidischia baentschi Schlechtendal p. 346 figs. Pl XXXIV fig 33
1922Plesioidischia baentschi Handlirsch p. 84
1934Plesioidischia baentschi Guthörl p. 101 figs. 58; Pl 17 fig 2

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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
orderOrthoptera
suborderEnsiferaChopard 1920
infraorderOedischiidea()
superfamilyOedischioidea
familyOedischiidae
genusPlesioidischia
speciesbaentschi

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.

†Plesioidischia baentschi Schlechtendal 1906
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinsubo
Ontogeny: moltingsubo
Grouping: gregarioussubo
Environment: terrestrialsubo
Locomotion: fast-movingsubo
Life habit: ground dwellingsubo
Diet: herbivoresubo
Vision: well-developedsubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Dispersal: direct/internalsubo
Dispersal 2: mobilesubo
Created: 2011-07-02 09:58:43
Modified: 2011-07-01 18:58:43
Source: subo = suborder
Reference: Tillyard 1921

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Sakmarian or 298.90000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Germany Plesioidischia baentschi (type locality: 138359)