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Glyptotermes
Taxonomy
Glyptotermes was named by Froggatt (1897). It is extant.
It was assigned to Kalotermitinae by Snyder (1949); and to Kalotermitidae by Nel and Paicheler (1993), Zhang et al. (1994), Engel and Krishna (2007), Krishna et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Kalotermitinae by Snyder (1949); and to Kalotermitidae by Nel and Paicheler (1993), Zhang et al. (1994), Engel and Krishna (2007), Krishna et al. (2013).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1897 | Glyptotermes Froggatt p. 518 |
| 1949 | Glyptotermes Snyder p. 359 |
| 1993 | Glyptotermes Nel and Paicheler p. 122 |
| 1994 | Glyptotermes Zhang et al. p. 52 |
| 2007 | Glyptotermes Engel and Krishna p. 265 |
| 2013 | Glyptotermes Krishna et al. p. 419 |
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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.
G. Glyptotermes Froggatt 1897
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†Glyptotermes abyssinicus Bouju et al. 2021
†Glyptotermes grimaldii Engel and Krishna 2007
†Glyptotermes paleoliberatus Engel and Krishna 2007
†Glyptotermes pusillus Heer 1849
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Invalid names: Termes (Eutermes) diaphanus Giebel 1856 [synonym], Termes (Eutermes) punctatus Giebel 1856 [synonym]
†Glyptotermes shandongianus Zhang 1989
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.45000 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Miocene | Ethiopia | G. abyssinicus (224753) | |
| Burdigalian | China (Shandong) | Kalotermes shandongianus (128552) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Dominican Republic | G. grimaldii, G. paleoliberatus (122982) | |
| Holocene | Tanzania | Termes diaphanus, Termes punctatus (150374) Termes pusillus (123418) |