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Mastotermes aethiopicus
Taxonomy
Mastotermes aethiopicus was named by Engel et al. (2016). Its type specimen is National Museum of Ethiopia MU34-12, a hindwing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Mush Valley Dioscorea, which is in a Miocene pond volcaniclastic/mudstone in Ethiopia.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2016 | Mastotermes aethiopicus Engel et al. p. 1040 figs. 1.1, 2.1, 2.2 |
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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.
†Mastotermes aethiopicus Engel et al. 2016
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.03000 to 15.97000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Miocene | Ethiopia | Mastotermes aethiopicus (type locality: 169321) |