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† Lusitadischia sai Correia & Nel, 2022

Nomenclature (1)

  • † Lusitadischia sai Correia & Nel, 2022: 839. (fossil)

    Holotype; MHNCUP/PAI-17; deposited at: Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto, Portugal (MHNC-UP); Portugal: São Pedro da Cova region, Douro Carboniferous Basin, Gzhelian (Stephanian C, Upper Pennsylvanian) strata

Nomenclature references (1)

  • Correia, P. & Nel, A. (2022) Increasing the palaeoentomological diversity in Portugal: a new and rare record of Oedischiidae (Orthoptera) from the Pennsylvanian of Douro Basin. Historical Biology, 35(6), 838–842. https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2022.2067760

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

The specific epithet is named after the Portuguese geologist and palaeontologist Artur Agostinho de Abreu e Sá (University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal), for his important contribution to the stratigraphy and palaeontology of the lower Palaeozoic of SW Europe and N Africa and also on Geological Heritage, Geoconservation and Geoparks.

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