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Mesoblattula chengdeensis

Insecta - Blattodea - Blattulidae

Taxonomy
Mesoblattula chengdeensis was named by Hong (1980). Its type specimen is Tianjin Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources Hr1005, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Xiaofanzhangzi, sample 27h4, Chengde City, which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Jiulongshan Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Mesoblattula chengdeensis Hong p. 55 figs. Pl 2, figs 1,2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
Holopandictyoptera
superorderDictyopteraLatreille 1829
orderBlattodea(Latreille 1810)
Solumblattodea
superfamilyCorydioidea
familyBlattulidae
genusMesoblattula
specieschengdeensis

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.

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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: base of the Callovian to the top of the Oxfordian or 166.10000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3China (Hebei) Mesoblattula chengdeensis (type locality: 154837)