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Kalotermes fossus

Insecta - Blattodea - Kalotermitidae

Taxonomy
Kalotermes fossus was named by Zhang et al. (1994). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Shanwang, Linqu County, collection SK (Shanwang Fossil Protection Post coll.), which is in a Burdigalian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Shanwang Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Kalotermes fossus Zhang et al. p. 51 figs. Pl 3, fig 1; text-figs 20,21
2013Kalotermes fossus Krishna et al. p. 516

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
—Holopandictyoptera
superorderDictyopteraLatreille 1829
orderBlattodea(Latreille 1810)
—Solumblattodea
superfamilyBlattoidea
—Kittrickea
—Xylophagodea
—Isoptera()
—Euisoptera
—Artisoptera
—Icoisoptera
familyKalotermitidae()
genusKalotermesHagen 1853
speciesfossus

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.

†Kalotermes fossus Zhang et al. 1994
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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: Burdigalian or 20.45000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98China (Shandong) Kalotermes fossus (type locality: 138945)