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Meiatermes hariolus

Insecta - Blattodea

Taxonomy
Meiatermes hariolus was named by Grimaldi (2008). Its type specimen is AMNH Sa-122, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Crato (AMNH collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Meiatermes hariolus Grimaldi p. 18 fig. 12,13
2013Meiatermes hariolus Krishna et al. p. 2404

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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
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
Holopandictyoptera
superorderDictyopteraLatreille 1829
orderBlattodea(Latreille 1810)
Xylophagodea
infraorderIsoptera()
Euisoptera
genusMeiatermes
specieshariolus

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.

Meiatermes hariolus Grimaldi 2008
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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Aptian or 119.57000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Brazil (Ceará) Meiatermes hariolus (type locality: 122352 122557)