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† Messeltettix cryptoantennatus Kasalo, Skejo, Tumbrinck, Wedmann & Husemann, 2024

Nomenclature (1)

  • † Messeltettix cryptoantennatus Kasalo, Skejo, Tumbrinck, Wedmann & Husemann, 2024: 942. (fossil)

    Holotype; SF-MeI20610; deposited at: Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum (SMF); Germany: Hessen: Grube Messel, middle Messel Formation, early middle Eocene, Geiseltalian

Nomenclature references (1)

  • Kasalo, N., Skejo, J., Tumbrinck, J., Wedmann, S. & Husemann, M. (2024) Two new fossil Tetrigidae (Insecta: Orthoptera: Caelifera) from the Grube Messel (Germany). Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, 104, 941–947. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12549-024-00634-1

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

The species is named after the antennae which are conserved but segments cannot be clearly diferentiated.

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