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Petrablattina ovata

Insecta - Petrablattinidae

Taxonomy
Etoblattina ovata was named by Scudder (1895). Its type specimen is USNM 38201, a thorax (fragment), 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 Phyloblatta ovata by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1920) and Handlirsch (1922); it was recombined as Petrablattina ovata by Durden (1969).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Etoblattina ovata Scudder pp. 70-71 figs. Pl IV fig 6
1906Phyloblatta ovata Handlirsch p. 355 figs. Pl XXXV fig 14
1920Phyloblatta ovata Handlirsch p. 444
1922Phyloblatta ovata Handlirsch p. 139
1969Petrablattina ovata Durden p. 1167

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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()
superfamilyLatindioideaHandlirsch 1925
familyPetrablattinidae
genusPetrablattina
speciesovata()

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.

Petrablattina ovata 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) Etoblattina ovata (type locality: 122604)