ammonites
Samaroblatta africanum Haughton 1924 (cockroach)

Insecta - Blattodea - Mesoblattinidae

SAM 5634

Alternative combination: Striatotegmen africanum

Full reference: S. H. Haughton. 1924. The fauna and stratigraphy of the Stormberg Series. Annals of the South African Museum 12:323-497

Belongs to Samaroblatta according to E. F. Riek 1976

Sister taxa: Samaroblatta acuminata, Samaroblatta blabelloides, Samaroblatta corrientesina, Samaroblatta gualoensis, Samaroblatta incompleta, Samaroblatta intercalata, Samaroblatta jonesi, Samaroblatta kuznetskiensis, Samaroblatta parvula, Samaroblatta reticulata, Samaroblatta tillyardi, Samaroblatta tomica, Samaroblatta triassica, Samaroblatta turanica

Type specimen: SAM 5634, a tegmen. Its type locality is Siberia, Wodehouse, which is in a Sinemurian terrestrial shale in the Clarens Formation of South Africa.

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Average measurements (in mm): tegmen 9.00 x 3.20