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Apthoroblattina

Apthoroblattina
Temporal range: Pennsylvanian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattoptera
Family: Archimylacridae
Subfamily: Archimylacrinae
Genus: 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. The paratype specimen for the species, A. johnsoni, is recorded to have a total length of 43 mm and a width of 38 mm, 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.


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