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Cretopiesma anticum

Insecta - Hemiptera - Aradidae

Taxonomy
Microaradus anticus was named by Heiss and Poinar (2012). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Burmese amber (Heiss Tiroler Landesmuseum coll), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

It was recombined as Cretopiesma anticum by Azar et al. (2020), Cumming and Mlynarek (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Microaradus anticus Heiss and Poinar p. 313 figs. 2-13
2020Cretopiesma anticum Azar et al. p. 8 figs. 2-7
2024Cretopiesma anticum Cumming and Mlynarek p. 125

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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
RankNameAuthor
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Clareocercaria
Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
Condylognatha
orderHemiptera
suborderHeteroptera
infraorderPentatomomorphaLeston et al. 1954
superfamilyAradoidea
familyAradidae()
subfamilyArchearadinae
genusCretopiesma
speciesanticum()

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.

Cretopiesma anticum Heiss and Poinar 2012
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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: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Cretopiesma anticum (161726) Microaradus anticus, Cretopiesma anticum (type locality: 153736)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar (Kachin) Microaradus anticus (104053)