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Apempherus fossus

Insecta - Schizoblattidae

Taxonomy
Poroblattina fossa was named by Scudder (1895). Its type specimen is Coll Lacoe 2083 ab, 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.

It was recombined as Apempherus fossus by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1920) and Handlirsch (1922).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Poroblattina fossa Scudder pp. 137-138 figs. Pl 11 fig 15
1906Apempherus fossus Handlirsch p. 368
1920Apempherus fossus Handlirsch p. 448
1922Apempherus fossus Handlirsch p. 151

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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
Eoblattodea()
superfamilyPhoberoblattoidea
familySchizoblattidae
genusApempherus
speciesfossus()

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.

Apempherus fossus Scudder 1895
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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) Poroblattina fossa (type locality: 122604)