Fossil specimen : NMW 27.177.G10 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Order Blattodea |
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| Fossil Name | Mylacris abrupta (Bolton, 1930) |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Mylacris abrupta (Bolton, 1930) – See Jarzembowski and Schneider (2007) Phylomylacris abrupta Bolton, 1930 – See Bolton (1930): Holotype |
| Registration No. | 27.177.G10 |
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| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Davies, D. |
| Held By |
 Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum of Wales
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| Comments |
| Country | Wales |
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| Locality | Beili Glas Colliery, Loughor, Swansea |
| Grid Reference | Available from host institution |
| Rock Unit | Penyscallen Seam, Grovesend Formation |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Westphalian Substage D (Carboniferous Period) (307 – 309 Ma B.P.) [Closest ICS interval: Moscovian Age ] |
| References | Bolton, H. 1930. Fossil insects of the South Wales Coalfield. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, Vol. 86, 9-49. p.27, pl.3, fig.6, text-fig.8 Jarzembowski, E A., and Schneider, J W. 2007. The stratigraphical potential of Blattodean insects from the Late Carboniferous of Southern Britain. Geological Magazine, Vol. 144(3), 449-456. p.451 Mylacris abrubpta (Bolton, 1930) comb.nov. |
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