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Miotermes spectabilis

Insecta - Blattodea - Mastotermitidae

Taxonomy
Termes (Termopsis) spectabilis was named by Heer (1849). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Oeningen (Stuttgart collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Hodotermes spectabilis by Hagen (1858); it was recombined as Termes spectabilis by Heer (1864); it was recombined as Miotermes spectabilis by von Rosen (1913), Emerson (1933), Snyder (1949), Emerson (1965), Nel and Paicheler (1993), Krishna et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Termes (Termopsis) spectabilis Heer p. 28 figs. Pl 2, fig 6
1858Hodotermes spectabilis Hagen p. 99
1864Termes spectabilis Heer p. 367
1913Miotermes spectabilis von Rosen p. 325
1933Miotermes spectabilis Emerson p. 191
1949Miotermes spectabilis Snyder p. 355
1965Miotermes spectabilis Emerson p. 37
1993Miotermes spectabilis Nel and Paicheler p. 114
2013Miotermes spectabilis Krishna et al. p. 243

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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
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
—Holopandictyoptera
superorderDictyopteraLatreille 1829
orderBlattodea(Latreille 1810)
—Xylophagodea
infraorderIsoptera()
familyMastotermitidae(Desneux 1904)
genusMiotermes
speciesspectabilis()

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.

†Miotermes spectabilis Heer 1849
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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Sarmatian or 12.80000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Termes spectabilis (type locality: 117248)