Strudiella

Strudiella
Temporal range: Famennian
Interpretation after Garrouste et al. (2012) and Hörnschemeyer et al. (2013)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
?Hexapoda
Class:
?Insecta
(unranked):
?Dicondylia
Genus:
†Strudiella

Garrouste et al., 2012
Type species
Strudiella devonica
Garrouste et al., 2012

Strudiella devonica is a species of extinct arthropod from the Devonian.[1] It was recovered in the Strud (Gesves, Belgium) environment from the Bois des Mouches Formation, Upper Famennian. It was originally described as the first complete Late Devonian terrestrial insect, but due to its poor state of preservation, its affinity is discussed.[2]

  1. ^ Romain Garrouste, Gaël Clément, Patricia Nel, Michael S. Engel, Philippe Grandcolas, Cyrille D’Haese, Linda Lagebro, Julien Denayer, Pierre Gueriau, Patrick Lafaite, Sébastien Olive, Cyrille Prestianni and André Nel (2012). "A complete insect from the Late Devonian period". Nature. 488 (7409): 82–85. PMID 22859205, doi:10.1038/nature11281
  2. ^ Hörnschemeyer, Thomas; Haug, Joachim T.; Bethoux, Olivier; Beutel, Rolf G.; Charbonnier, Sylvain; Hegna, Thomas A.; Koch, Markus; Rust, Jes; Wedmann, Sonja; Bradler, Sven; Willmann, Rainer (2013-02-20). "Is Strudiella a Devonian insect?". Nature. 494 (7437): E3–E4. Bibcode:2013Natur.494E...3H. doi:10.1038/nature11887. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 23426326. S2CID 205232661.