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Calyptites antediluvianum

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Calyptites antediluvianum was named by Scudder (1877). Its type specimen is GSC 7, a forewing (perfect preservation), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Quesnel, which is in a Priabonian lacustrine shale in the Australian Creek Formation of Canada.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Carpenter (1930).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Calyptites antediluvianum Scudder p. 270
1885Calyptites antediluvianum Scudder p. 816 fig. 1100
1890Calyptites antediluvianum Scudder p. 606 figs. Pl 3 fig 32
2012Calyptites antediluvianum Bolton

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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
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
genusCalyptites
speciesantediluvianum

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.

†Calyptites antediluvianum Scudder 1877
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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: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Canada (British Columbia) Calyptites antediluvianum (type locality: 121480)