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Mastotermes electrodominicus
Taxonomy
Mastotermes electrodominicus was named by Krishna and Grimaldi (1991). Its type specimen is AMNH PB.270, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Dominican amber (AMNH coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1991 | Mastotermes electrodominicus Krishna and Grimaldi p. 3 figs. 1-15 |
| 1993 | Mastotermes electrodominicus Nel and Paicheler p. 112 |
| 1998 | Mastotermes electrodominicus Fontes and Vulcano p. 281 |
| 2013 | Mastotermes electrodominicus Krishna et al. p. 236 |
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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.
†Mastotermes electrodominicus Krishna and Grimaldi 1991
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Langhian or 20.44000 to 13.82000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Burdigalian - Langhian | Dominican Republic | Mastotermes electrodominicus (type locality: 122982 124282) |