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Mastotermes anglicus

Insecta - Blattodea - Mastotermitidae

Taxonomy
Mastotermes anglicus was named by von Rosen (1913). Its type specimen is NHML I.15037, a hindwing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (A'Court Smith collection), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Bouldnor Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Mastotermes anglicus von Rosen p. 322 figs. pl. 27 figs. 5-8
1913Mastotermes batheri von Rosen p. 322 figs. Pl 28, fig 6
1949Mastotermes anglicus Snyder p. 352
1949Mastotermes batheri Snyder p. 353
1965Mastotermes anglicus Emerson p. 29
1980Mastotermes anglicus Jarzembowski p. 245 figs. 5-7,15,20
1993Mastotermes anglicus Nel and Paicheler p. 106
2013Mastotermes anglicus Krishna et al. p. 229

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
Holopandictyoptera
superorderDictyopteraLatreille 1829
orderBlattodea(Latreille 1810)
Xylophagodea
infraorderIsoptera()
familyMastotermitidae(Desneux 1904)
subfamilyMastotermitinaeDesneux 1904
genusMastotermes
speciesanglicus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Mastotermes anglicus von Rosen 1913
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Invalid names: Mastotermes batheri von Rosen 1913 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Mastotermes anglicus, Mastotermes batheri (type locality: 21976)