- Tytuł:
- A termite from the Late Oligocene of northern Ethiopia
- Autorzy:
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Engel, M.S.
Pan, A.D.
Jacobs, B.F. - Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/20549.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2013
- Wydawca:
- Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Paleobiologii PAN
- Tematy:
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termite
Late Oligocene
Ethiopia
Stolotermitidae
fossil record
geological setting
paleontology
Chilgatermes diamatensis - Opis:
- Termites of the family Stolotermitidae are a relict lineage of primitive Isoptera. The fossil record of Stolotermitidae is exceptionally poor, with only two Miocene (Neogene) species documented to date. Herein, a new genus and species of Paleogene termites is described and figured from the Late Oligocene (28–27 Ma, Early Chattian) of northwestern Ethiopia (Amhara Region, Chilga Woreda). Chilgatermes diamatensis gen. et sp. nov., is most similar to genera of the Stolotermitidae, Archotermopsidae, and Termopsidae but can be distinguished on the basis of forewing venational details. The genus is tentatively placed in the Stolotermitidae: Porotermitinae. Chilgatermes diamatensis is the first fossil termite from Ethiopia and, indeed, the first from the entire African continent.
- Źródło:
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Acta Palaeontologica Polonica; 2013, 58, 2
0567-7920 - Pojawia się w:
- Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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