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Napakimyrma paskapooensis

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Napakimyrma paskapooensis was named by LaPolla and Barden (2018). Its type specimen is UAIPC 6300, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Site 1 (near confluence of Blindman and Red Deer Rivers), which is in a Tiffanian pond limestone in the Paskapoo Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Napakimyrma.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Napakimyrma paskapooensis LaPolla and Barden p. 436 fig. 2

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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
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
—Antennoclypeata
—Euformicia
—Doryloformicia
—Formicia
—Myrmechoderida
—Dolichoderomorpha
subfamilyAneuretinae
genusNapakimyrma
speciespaskapooensis

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.

†Napakimyrma paskapooensis LaPolla and Barden 2018
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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: Tiffanian or 60.90000 to 57.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tiffanian60.9 - 57.5Canada (Alberta) Formicidae indet. (type locality: 119816)