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Glyptotermites assmuthi

Insecta - Blattodea - Kalotermitidae

Taxonomy
Calotermes (Glyptotermites) assmuthi was named by Armbruster (1941). Its type specimen is SMNS 2046, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Randeck Maar (Armbruster collection), which is in a MN 5 crater lake lime mudstone in the Randeck Maar Formation of Germany.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Nel and Paicheler (1993); it was recombined as Glyptotermites assmuthi by Krishna et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Calotermes (Glyptotermites) assmuthi Armbruster p. 20
2013Glyptotermites assmuthi Krishna et al. p. 621

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
Holopandictyoptera
superorderDictyopteraLatreille 1829
orderBlattodea(Latreille 1810)
Xylophagodea
infraorderIsoptera()
Euisoptera
Artisoptera
Icoisoptera
familyKalotermitidae()
genusGlyptotermites()
speciesassmuthi()

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.

Glyptotermites assmuthi Armbruster 1941
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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: MN 5 or 15.97000 to 13.65000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Calotermes assmuthi (127614)