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Chilgatermes diamatensis

Insecta - Blattodea - Stolotermitidae

Taxonomy
Chilgatermes diamatensis was named by Engel et al. (2013). Its type specimen is CH 52-70, a forewing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Sublocality 2 (CH 52), Chilga, which is in a Chattian pond mudstone in Ethiopia. It is the type species of Chilgatermes.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Chilgatermes diamatensis Engel et al. p. 332 fig. 1,2
2013Chilgatermes diamatensis Krishna et al. p. 308

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
—Holopandictyoptera
superorderDictyopteraLatreille 1829
orderBlattodea(Latreille 1810)
—Xylophagodea
infraorderIsoptera()
—Euisoptera
—Teletisoptera
familyStolotermitidaeHolmgren 1910
subfamilyPorotermitinaeEmerson 1942
genusChilgatermes
speciesdiamatensis

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.

†Chilgatermes diamatensis Engel et al. 2013
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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: Chattian or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Ethiopia Chilgatermes diamatensis (type locality: 145193)