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Phyloblatta dichotoma

Insecta - Phyloblattidae

Discussion

E. communis in Scudder, 1895 Pl 7 fig 11

Taxonomy
Phyloblatta dichotoma was named by Handlirsch (1906). Its type specimen is USNM 38896, a tegmen, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Cassville, which is in an Asselian terrestrial shale in the Cassville Shales Formation of West Virginia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Phyloblatta dichotoma Handlirsch p. 735
1920Phyloblatta dichotoma Handlirsch p. 444
1922Phyloblatta dichotoma Handlirsch p. 141

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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
—Holopandictyoptera
superorderDictyopteraLatreille 1829
superfamilyBlattuloidea
familyPhyloblattidae
genusPhyloblatta
speciesdichotoma

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.

†Phyloblatta dichotoma Handlirsch 1906
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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: Asselian or 298.90000 to 295.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (West Virginia) Phyloblatta dichotoma (type locality: 122604)