ammonites
Triassoblatta triquestra Dodds 1949 (cockroach)

Insecta - Blattodea - Mesoblattinidae

UQ 1491

Full reference: B. Dodds. 1949. Mid-Triassic Blattoidea from the Mount Crosby Insect Bed. Papers - Department of Geology, University of Queensland 3(10):1-11

Belongs to Triassoblatta according to B. Dodds 1949

Sister taxa: Triassoblatta argentina, Triassoblatta cargnini, Triassoblatta damiaoliangensis, Triassoblatta dehiscens, Triassoblatta fusiformis, Triassoblatta grandis, Triassoblatta insignita, Triassoblatta intermedia, Triassoblatta intramedia, Triassoblatta jonesi, Triassoblatta natalensis, Triassoblatta obtusa, Triassoblatta ovata, Triassoblatta robusta, Triassoblatta simplex, Triassoblatta typica, Triassoblatta uralica

Type specimen: UQ 1491(1492), a tegmen (right tegmen). Its type locality is Railway cutting, Por. 202, Par. Chuwar, which is in a Carnian lacustrine shale in the Mount Crosby Formation of Australia.

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Average measurements (in mm): tegmen 13.5 x 5.0