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Oecophylla taurica

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Oecophylla taurica was named by Perfilieva et al. (2017). Its type specimen is PIN 4204/32, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Malyi Kamyshlak, Kerch, Crimea (PIN collection 4204), which is in a Langhian marine shale in the Argun Formation of Ukraine.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Oecophylla taurica Perfilieva et al. p. 400 figs. Pl 7, fig 6; text-fig 7
2021Oecophylla taurica Perfilieva p. 79

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Holometabola
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
Aculeata()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
Antennoclypeata
subfamilyFormicinae
tribeOecophylliniEmery 1895
genusOecophyllaSmith 1860
speciestaurica

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.

Oecophylla taurica Perfilieva et al. 2017
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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: Langhian or 15.97000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Ukraine Oecophylla taurica (type locality: 188087)