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Xoanon eocenicus

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Siricidae

Taxonomy
Xoanon eocenicus was named by Wedmann et al. (2014). Its type specimen is SMF MeI 14895, a forewing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Grube Messel Pit, grid square F9, 2.5-3.5 m above alpha, which is in a MP 11 crater lake claystone in the Messel Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Xoanon eocenicus Wedmann et al. p. 35 figs. 1, 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
superfamilySiricoidea
familySiricidae()
subfamilySiricinae
genusXoanonSemenov 1921
specieseocenicus

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.

†Xoanon eocenicus Wedmann et al. 2014
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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: MP 11 or 48.60000 to 40.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 1148.6 - 40.4Germany (Hessen) Xoanon eocenicus (type locality: 166830)