Aphthoroblattina Temporal range:
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A. johnsoni | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | † Blattoptera |
Family: | † Archimylacridae |
Subfamily: | † Archimylacrinae |
Genus: | †
Aphthoroblattina Handlirsch, 1906 |
Species | |
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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]