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Archimyrmex rostratus

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Archimyrmex rostratus was named by Cockerell (1923). Its type specimen is UCM 15174, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Ute Trail, Roan Plateau (station 1), which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large diatomite in the Green River Formation of Colorado.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Archimyrmex rostratus Cockerell p. 52 fig. 1
1930Archimyrmex rostratus Carpenter p. 16 figs. Pl 2, fig 5
2002Archimyrmex rostratus Dlussky and Rasnitsyn p. 420 figs. 12-18
2003Archimyrmex rostratus Dlussky and Perfilieva p. 41 figs. 1b, 2
2006Archimyrmex rostratus Archibald et al. p. 487
2012Archimyrmex rostratus 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
genusArchimyrmex
speciesrostratus

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.

Archimyrmex rostratus Cockerell 1923
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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: base of the Bridgerian to the top of the Uintan or 50.30000 to 39.70000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Colorado) Archimyrmex rostratus (type locality: 114007 138664 138675 138676 138684 138685)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Colorado) Archimyrmex rostratus (138683 138686)