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Palaeotermes ellisii

Insecta

Taxonomy
Palaeotermes ellisii was named by Woodward (1892). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Barrow-on-Soar (Browne collection), which is in a Planorbis marine limestone/shale in the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Palaeotermes ellisii Woodward p. 198 figs. Pl 5, fig 1
1939Palaeotermes ellisii Handlirsch p. 149

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
genusPalaeotermes
speciesellisii

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.

Palaeotermes ellisii Woodward 1892
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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: Planorbis or 201.30000 to 196.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Planorbis201.3 - 196.5United Kingdom (England) Palaeotermes ellisii (type locality: 152159)