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Zootermopsis coloradensis
Taxonomy
Hodotermes coloradensis was named by Scudder (1883). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
It was recombined as Miotermes coloradensis by von Rosen (1913); it was recombined as Zootermopsis coloradensis by Emerson (1933), Snyder (1949), Pierce (1958), Nel and Paicheler (1993), Fontes and Vulcano (1998) and Krishna et al. (2013).
It was recombined as Miotermes coloradensis by von Rosen (1913); it was recombined as Zootermopsis coloradensis by Emerson (1933), Snyder (1949), Pierce (1958), Nel and Paicheler (1993), Fontes and Vulcano (1998) and Krishna et al. (2013).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1883 | Hodotermes coloradensis Scudder p. 142 |
| 1890 | Hodotermes coloradensis Scudder p. 113 figs. Pl 12 fig 6 |
| 1913 | Parotermes scudderi Cockerell p. 8 |
| 1913 | Miotermes coloradensis von Rosen p. 325 |
| 1933 | Zootermopsis coloradensis Emerson p. 187 |
| 1949 | Zootermopsis coloradensis Snyder p. 362 |
| 1958 | Zootermopsis coloradensis Pierce p. 23 |
| 1993 | Zootermopsis coloradensis Nel and Paicheler p. 134 |
| 1998 | Zootermopsis coloradensis Fontes and Vulcano p. 282 |
| 2013 | Zootermopsis coloradensis Krishna et al. p. 270 |
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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.
†Zootermopsis coloradensis Scudder 1883
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Invalid names: Parotermes scudderi Cockerell 1913 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: Chadronian or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | Hodotermes coloradensis (type locality: 106384) Parotermes scudderi (106379) |