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Zorotypus (Zorotypus) goeleti

Insecta - Zoraptera - Zorotypidae

Taxonomy
Zorotypus goeleti was named by Engel and Grimaldi (2000). Its type specimen is AMNH DR-14-34, 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.

It was recombined as Zorotypus (Zorotypus) goeleti by Engel (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Zorotypus goeleti Engel and Grimaldi p. 155 figs. 1-2, 4-6
2003Zorotypus (Zorotypus) goeleti Engel

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
Haplocercata
orderZorapteraSilvestri 1913
familyZorotypidaeSilvestri 1913
genusZorotypusSilvestri 1913
subgenusZorotypusSilvestri 1913
speciesgoeleti()

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.

Zorotypus (Zorotypus) goeleti Engel and Grimaldi 2000
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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: 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: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Zorotypus goeleti (type locality: 122982)