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Orthocosta lithomantidoides

Insecta - Boltonocostidae

Taxonomy
Orthocosta lithomantidoides was named by Waterlot (1934). It is an impression. Its type locality is Sarre-et-Moselle colliery, siège of Ste-Fontaine, vein Q, which is in a Westphalian C terrestrial shale in the Sulzbach Formation of France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Orthocosta lithomantidoides Waterlot p. 165

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
familyBoltonocostidae
genusOrthocosta
specieslithomantidoides

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.

†Orthocosta lithomantidoides Waterlot 1934
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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Westphalian C or 314.60000 to 309.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian C314.6 - 309.8France Orthocosta lithomantidoides (type locality: 153148)