Aphthoroblattina
| Aphthoroblattina Temporal range: | |
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| A. johnsoni | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | †Blattoptera |
| Family: | †Archimylacridae |
| Subfamily: | †Archimylacrinae |
| Genus: | †Aphthoroblattina Handlirsch, 1906 |
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Apthoroblattina is an extinct genus of primitive cockroaches from the Carboniferous period. Fossils of the genus have been found in England, Wales, the United States, and Russia. The paratype specimen for the species A. johnsoni is recorded to have a total length of 43 mm (1.7 in) and a width of 38 mm (1.5 in), while the type specimen of A. sulcata is noted to have been up to 45 mm (1.8 in) in length and 25 mm (0.98 in) in width if complete.
References
- ↑ EDNA Fossil Insect Database
- ↑ Bolton, Herbert (2008) [1921]. A Monograph Of The Fossil Insects Of The British Coal Measures. Kraus Press. ISBN 978-0-548-91861-6.
- ↑ Bolton, Herbert (1911). "On a Collection of Insect-Remains from the South Wales Coalfield". Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. 67 (1–4): 149–173. doi:10.1144/GSL.JGS.1911.067.01-04.06. S2CID 129431749.
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