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Taxonomy
Gigantotermes rex was named by Engel et al. (2016). Its type specimen is AMNH BU-TJ001, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar. It is the type species of Gigantotermes, Ginormotermes.
It was recombined as Ginormotermes rex by Engel et al. (2016).
It was recombined as Ginormotermes rex by Engel et al. (2016).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2016 | Ginormotermes rex Engel et al. p. 2 |
| 2016 | Gigantotermes rex Engel et al. p. 526 figs. 1G, 2 |
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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.
†Ginormotermes rex Engel et al. 2016
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Myanmar | Gigantotermes rex (type locality: 111688) |