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'''''Apthoroblattina''''' is an extinct genus of [[Blattoptera|primitive cockroach]]es from the [[Carboniferous]] period. Fossils of the genus have been found in [[England]], [[Wales]], the [[United States]], and [[Russia]].<ref name ="EDNA">[http://edna.palass-hosting.org/ EDNA Fossil Insect Database]</ref> The paratype specimen for the species, ''A. johnsoni'', is recorded to have a total length of 43&nbsp;cm and a width of 38&nbsp;cm,<ref name="EngCoal">{{cite book | last1=Bolton |first= Herbert | title=A Monograph Of The Fossil Insects Of The British Coal Measures | publisher= Kraus Press |year=2008 | isbn=978-0-548-91861-6 | origyear=1921 }}</ref> while the type specimens of ''A. sulcata'' is noted to have been up to 45&nbsp;mm in length and 25&nbsp;mm in width if complete.<ref name="Walescoal">{{cite journal | last1=Bolton |first1= Herbert | year= 1911 |title=On a Collection of Insect-Remains from the South Wales Coalfield |journal=Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society |volume=67 | issue=1–4 |pages=149–173 | doi = 10.1144/GSL.JGS.1911.067.01-04.06 |url= https://zenodo.org/record/2319476 }}</ref>
'''''Apthoroblattina''''' is an extinct genus of [[Blattoptera|primitive cockroach]]es from the [[Carboniferous]] period. Fossils of the genus have been found in [[England]], [[Wales]], the [[United States]], and [[Russia]].<ref name ="EDNA">[http://edna.palass-hosting.org/ EDNA Fossil Insect Database]</ref> The paratype specimen for the species, ''A. johnsoni'', is recorded to have a total length of 43&nbsp;mm and a width of 38&nbsp;mm,<ref name="EngCoal">{{cite book | last1=Bolton |first= Herbert | title=A Monograph Of The Fossil Insects Of The British Coal Measures | publisher= Kraus Press |year=2008 | isbn=978-0-548-91861-6 | origyear=1921 }}</ref> while the type specimens of ''A. sulcata'' is noted to have been up to 45&nbsp;mm in length and 25&nbsp;mm in width if complete.<ref name="Walescoal">{{cite journal | last1=Bolton |first1= Herbert | year= 1911 |title=On a Collection of Insect-Remains from the South Wales Coalfield |journal=Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society |volume=67 | issue=1–4 |pages=149–173 | doi = 10.1144/GSL.JGS.1911.067.01-04.06 |url= https://zenodo.org/record/2319476 }}</ref>


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Apthoroblattina
Temporal range: Pennsylvanian
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Apthoroblattina

Handlirsch, 1906
Species
  • A. carbonis
  • A. eggintoni
  • A. fascigera
  • A. handlirschi
  • A. irregularis
  • A. johnsoni
  • A. sulcata

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.[1] The paratype specimen for the species, A. johnsoni, is recorded to have a total length of 43 mm and a width of 38 mm,[2] while the type specimens of A. sulcata is noted to have been up to 45 mm in length and 25 mm in width if complete.[3]

References

  1. ^ EDNA Fossil Insect Database
  2. ^ Bolton, Herbert (2008) [1921]. A Monograph Of The Fossil Insects Of The British Coal Measures. Kraus Press. ISBN 978-0-548-91861-6.
  3. ^ 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.