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Anthophorites mellona

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Taxonomy
Anthophorites mellona was named by Heer (1849) [Type designated by Cockerell (1909)]. It is an impression. Its type locality is Oeningen (Zurich collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Anthophorites mellona Heer p. 97 figs. Pl 7, fig 4
1914Anthophorites mellona Meunier pp. 192-193 figs. 5; Pl VI fig 5-5a
1976Anthophorites mellona Zeuner and Manning p. 196

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Holometabola
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
Aculeata()
superfamilyApoidea
AnthophilaLatreille 1804
familyApidae()
subfamilyApinae()
tribeAnthophorini()
genusAnthophorites
speciesmellona

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.

Anthophorites mellona Heer 1849
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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: base of the Chattian to the top of the Sarmatian or 28.10000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Anthophorites mellona (122487)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Anthophorites mellona (type locality: 117252)