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Miotermes insignis
Taxonomy
Termes (Termopsis) insignis was named by Heer (1849). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Oeningen (von Seyfried collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany.
It was recombined as Hodotermes insignis by Hagen (1858); it was recombined as Termes insignis by Heer (1864); it was recombined as Miotermes insignis by von Rosen (1913), Emerson (1933), Snyder (1949), Emerson (1965), Nel and Paicheler (1993) and Krishna et al. (2013).
It was recombined as Hodotermes insignis by Hagen (1858); it was recombined as Termes insignis by Heer (1864); it was recombined as Miotermes insignis by von Rosen (1913), Emerson (1933), Snyder (1949), Emerson (1965), Nel and Paicheler (1993) and Krishna et al. (2013).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1849 | Termes (Termopsis) insignis Heer p. 29 figs. Pl 3, fig 1 |
| 1858 | Hodotermes insignis Hagen p. 100 |
| 1864 | Termes insignis Heer p. 367 |
| 1913 | Miotermes insignis von Rosen p. 325 |
| 1933 | Miotermes insignis Emerson p. 191 |
| 1949 | Miotermes insignis Snyder p. 355 |
| 1965 | Miotermes insignis Emerson p. 37 |
| 1993 | Miotermes insignis Nel and Paicheler p. 114 |
| 2013 | Miotermes insignis Krishna et al. p. 241 |
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†Miotermes insignis Heer 1849
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available