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Paraphaenogaster wettlauferi

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Paraphaenogaster wettlauferi was named by Jessen (2020). Its type specimen is NHMM-PE1995/5604-LS, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Enspel, horizon S16, which is in a MP 28 crater lake shale/tuff in Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2020Paraphaenogaster wettlauferi Jessen p. 1021 fig. 6c,d

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
subfamilyMyrmicinae
tribeStenammini
genusParaphaenogaster
specieswettlauferi

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.

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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: MP 28 or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 2827.3 - 23.04Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Paraphaenogaster wettlauferi (type locality: 160097)