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Blattidium molossus
Taxonomy
Blattidium molossus was named by Westwood (1854). It is an impression. Its type locality is Durlston Bay, Middle Purbeck, Swanage (Brodie collection), which is in a Berriasian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Durlston Formation of the United Kingdom.
It was recombined as Nethania molossus by Giebel (1856); it was recombined as Elisama molossus by Scudder (1886).
It was recombined as Nethania molossus by Giebel (1856); it was recombined as Elisama molossus by Scudder (1886).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1854 | Blattidium molossus Westwood pp. 384, 394 figs. Pl 15 fig 26 |
| 1856 | Nethania molossus Giebel p. 321 |
| 1864 | Blattidium molossus Heer p. 289 |
| 1886 | Elisama molossus Scudder pp. 464-465 |
| 1906 | Blattidium molossus Handlirsch p. 532 figs. Pl XLVI fig 11 |
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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.
†Blattidium molossus Westwood 1854
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Berriasian or 139.10000 to 137.05000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Berriasian | United Kingdom (England) | Blattidium molossus (type locality: 117342) |