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Titanomyrma lubei

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Titanomyrma lubei was named by Archibald et al. (2011). Its type specimen is DMNH 9041, an exoskeleton (body in dorsal aspect, anterior portions of right forewing, very little of left), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is DMNS Locality 784, Farson Fish Beds, which is in a Ypresian lacustrine horizon in the Green River Formation of Wyoming.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Titanomyrma lubei Archibald et al.
2012Titanomyrma lubei Bolton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
subfamilyFormiciinae
genusTitanomyrma
specieslubei

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.

†Titanomyrma lubei Archibald et al. 2011
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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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Wyoming) Titanomyrma lubei (type locality: 108779)