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Aniferella bostoni

Insecta - Hemiptera - Aphididae

Taxonomy
Aniferella bostoni was named by Richards (1966). Its type specimen is CNC 9169, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Grassy Lake, Medicine Hat (P. Boston collection), which is in a Campanian terrestrial amber in the Foremost Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Aniferella bostoni Richards p. 759 figs. 27-32
2011Aniferella bostoni Heie and Wegierek p. 21

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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
Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Clareocercaria
Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
Condylognatha
orderHemiptera
suborderSternorrhyncha()
AphidiformesSchlee 1969
infraorderAphidomorpha
superfamilyAphidoidea
familyAphididae()
subfamilyNeophyllaphidinae(Takahashi 1921)
genusAniferella
speciesbostoni

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.

Aniferella bostoni Richards 1966
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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: Middle Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Aniferella bostoni (type locality: 122358)