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Triassoblatta natalensis

Insecta - Triassoblattidae

Taxonomy
Rhipidoblattopsis natalensis was named by Zeuner (1960). Its type specimen is BMNH In 59529, a tegmen, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Burnera Water Fall, upper Umkomaas, which is in a Carnian wet floodplain siliciclastic in the Molteno Formation of South Africa. It is the type species of Rhipidoblattopsis.

It was recombined as Triassoblatta natalensis by Riek (1974).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Rhipidoblattopsis natalensis Zeuner p. 305 fig. 4
1974Triassoblatta natalensis Riek p. 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
—Holopandictyoptera
—Eoblattodea()
superfamilyMylacroidea
familyTriassoblattidae
genusTriassoblatta
speciesnatalensis()

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.

†Triassoblatta natalensis Zeuner 1960
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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: Carnian or 237.00000 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 227.3South Africa Rhipidoblattopsis natalensis (type locality: 151912)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3South Africa (Kwazulu-Natal) Triassoblatta natalensis (23002)