ammonites
Triassoblatta dehiscens Dodds 1949 (cockroach)

Insecta - Blattodea - Mesoblattinidae

UQ 1730

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 fusiformis, Triassoblatta grandis, Triassoblatta insignita, Triassoblatta intermedia, Triassoblatta intramedia, Triassoblatta jonesi, Triassoblatta natalensis, Triassoblatta obtusa, Triassoblatta ovata, Triassoblatta robusta, Triassoblatta simplex, Triassoblatta triquestra, Triassoblatta typica, Triassoblatta uralica

Type specimen: UQ 1730(1731), a tegmen (left tegmen missing apical & anal regions). Its type locality is Gully, Par. 171 , 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 21.0 x 8.0