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Zorotypus (Octozoros) cenomanianus

Insecta - Zoraptera - Zorotypidae

Taxonomy
Zorotypus (Octozoros) cenomanianus was named by Yin et al. (2017). Its type specimen is NIGP 166618, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Zorotypus (Octozoros) cenomanianus Yin et al. p. 169 fig. 1
2018Zorotypus robustus Liu et al. p. 260 fig. 1,2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
Haplocercata
orderZorapteraSilvestri 1913
familyZorotypidaeSilvestri 1913
genusZorotypusSilvestri 1913
subgenusOctozoros
speciescenomanianus

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.

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Invalid names: Zorotypus robustus Liu et al. 2018 [synonym]
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: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Zorotypus cenomanianus (type locality: 161726) Zorotypus robustus (178121)