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Taxonomy
Meiatermes was named by Lacasa Ruiz and Martínez-Delclòs (1986). Its type is Meiatermes bertrani.
It was assigned to Hodotermitidae by Lacasa Ruiz and Martínez-Delclòs (1986), Krishna (1990) and Nel and Paicheler (1993); to Isoptera by Grimaldi et al. (2008); and to Euisoptera by Krishna et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Hodotermitidae by Lacasa Ruiz and Martínez-Delclòs (1986), Krishna (1990) and Nel and Paicheler (1993); to Isoptera by Grimaldi et al. (2008); and to Euisoptera by Krishna et al. (2013).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1986 | Meiatermes Lacasa Ruiz and Martínez-Delclòs p. 56 |
| 1990 | Meiatermes Krishna p. 76 |
| 1993 | Meiatermes Nel and Paicheler p. 151 |
| 2006 | Nordestinatermes Martins-Neto et al. p. 129 |
| 2007 | Nordestinatermes Bechly p. 256 |
| 2008 | Meiatermes Grimaldi et al. p. 10 |
| 2013 | Meiatermes Krishna et al. p. 2402 |
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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.
G. †Meiatermes Lacasa Ruiz and Martínez-Delclòs 1986
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†Meiatermes araripena Krishna 1990
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Invalid names: Cretatermes pereirai Fontes and Vulcano 1998 [synonym]
†Meiatermes bertrani Lacasa Ruiz and Martínez-Delclòs 1986
†Meiatermes cretacicus Bezerra et al. 2021
†Meiatermes hariolus Grimaldi 2008
Invalid names: Nordestinatermes Martins-Neto et al. 2006 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Early/Lower Barremian to the top of the Late/Upper Aptian or 130.00000 to 113.00000 Ma
Collections (9 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Barremian | Spain | M. bertrani (104052 123437 161433) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | Brazil (Ceará) | Cretatermes pereirai, Cretatermes araripena (125511) M. araripena (122922 140371) M. araripena, M. hariolus (122352) M. sp., M. cretacicus (217013) Nordestinatermes araripena, Cretatermes pereirai, M. hariolus (122557) |