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Paleotermopsis oligocenicus

Insecta - Blattodea

Taxonomy
Paleotermopsis oligocenicus was named by Nel and Paicheler (1993). Its type specimen is MNHN IPM-R.54190, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Aix-en-Provence (MNHN Paris Coll), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - large limestone in the Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation of France. It is the type species of Paleotermopsis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Paleotermopsis oligocenicus Nel and Paicheler p. 136 figs. 44-47
2013Paleotermopsis oligocenicus Krishna et al. p. 2405

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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)
—Solumblattodea
superfamilyBlattoidea
—Kittrickea
—Xylophagodea
—Isoptera()
—Euisoptera
genusPaleotermopsis
speciesoligocenicus

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.

†Paleotermopsis oligocenicus Nel and Paicheler 1993
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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 - 23.04France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Paleotermopsis oligocenicus (type locality: 122501)