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Myrmica schaefersi

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Myrmica schaefersi was named by Jessen (2020). Its type specimen is NHMM-PE2009/5826-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.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. tertiaria

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2020Myrmica schaefersi Jessen p. 1034 figs. 11a-c

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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
tribeMyrmicini
genusMyrmicaLatreille 1804
speciesschaefersi

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.

†Myrmica schaefersi Jessen 2020
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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

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) Myrmica schaefersi (type locality: 160097)