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Myrmecomimus saltus

Artiopoda - Agnostida - Ptychagnostidae

Taxonomy
Myrmecomimus saltus was named by Öpik (1979). Its type specimen is CPC 14189 and is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. mixtus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Myrmecomimus saltus Öpik p. 139 figs. (PI. 37, figs. 5-8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
orderAgnostidaSalter 1864
suborderAgnostinaSalter 1864
superfamilyCondylopygoideaRaymond 1913
familyPtychagnostidaeKobayashi 1939
genusMyrmecomimus
speciessaltus

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.

†Myrmecomimus saltus Öpik 1979
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10f
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:42:48
Modified: 2009-12-13 04:44:17
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Undillan or 503.00000 to 500.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Undillan503.0 - 500.5Australia (Queensland) Myrmecomimus saltus (225245 225246)