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Liometopum palaeopterum
Taxonomy
Shanwangella palaeoptera was named by Zhang (1989). Its type specimen is 79051, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Shanwang, Linqu County, collection 79/80 (Beijing Museum), which is in a Burdigalian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Shanwang Formation of China.
It was recombined as Camponotus palaeopterus by Bolton (2012); it was considered a nomen dubium by Hong and Wu (2000); it was recombined as Liometopum palaeopterum by Boudinot et al. (2024).
It was recombined as Camponotus palaeopterus by Bolton (2012); it was considered a nomen dubium by Hong and Wu (2000); it was recombined as Liometopum palaeopterum by Boudinot et al. (2024).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1989 | Shanwangella palaeoptera Zhang p. 308 figs. Pl 79, figs 4-6; text-fig 307 |
| 2012 | Camponotus palaeopterus Bolton |
| 2022 | Shanwangella palaeoptera Perfilieva p. 419 fig. 5b |
| 2024 | Liometopum palaeopterum Boudinot et al. p. 144 |
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†Liometopum palaeopterum Zhang 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available