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Myrmeciites tabanifluviensis

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Myrmeciites tabanifluviensis was named by Archibald et al. (2006). Its type specimen is 2003.2.10 CDM 034, an exoskeleton (well preserved body fragments and wing), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Black Creek Road Locality (Horsefly River), which is in a Ypresian lacustrine shale in Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Myrmeciites tabanifluviensis Archibald et al. p. 502 figs. 15, 16O
2012Myrmeciites tabanifluviensis Bolton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
Aculeata()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
subfamilyMyrmeciinaeSmith 1851
genusMyrmeciites
speciestabanifluviensis

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.

Myrmeciites tabanifluviensis Archibald et al. 2006
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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Canada (British Columbia) Myrmeciites tabanifluviensis (type locality: 119948)