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Myrmicium heerii
Taxonomy
Myrmicium heerii was named by Westwood (1854). Its type specimen is BMNH I.3990, a forewing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Durlston Bay, Lower Purbeck, Swanage (Brodie coll.), which is in a Berriasian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Myrmicium.
It was recombined as Pseudosirex heeri by Handlirsch (1906).
It was recombined as Pseudosirex heeri by Handlirsch (1906).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1854 | Myrmicium heerii Westwood pp. 390, 396 figs. Pl 18, fig 21 |
| 1906 | Pseudosirex heeri Handlirsch p. 577 figs. Pl 46, fig 24 |
| 2010 | Myrmicium heerii Taeger et al. p. 96 |
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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.
†Myrmicium heerii Westwood 1854
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Berriasian or 145.00000 to 140.20000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Berriasian | United Kingdom (England) | Myrmicium heerii (type locality: 105966) |