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Eurymyrmex geologicus

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Eurymyrmex geologicus was named by Zhang et al. (1994). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Shanwang, Linqu County, collection SK (Shanwang Fossil Protection Post coll.), which is in a Burdigalian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Shanwang Formation of China. It is the type species of Eurymyrmex.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Eurymyrmex geologicus Zhang et al. p. 167 figs. Pl 30, fig 2; text-fig 147
2012Eurymyrmex geologicus 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()
—Antennoclypeata
subfamilyDolichoderinae
genusEurymyrmex
speciesgeologicus

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.

†Eurymyrmex geologicus Zhang et al. 1994
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Diagnosis
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