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Calotermes troglodytes ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	290271	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=290271

Rank

species (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Orthoptera : Elcanidae : Panorpidium : Calotermes troglodytes

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
-	Cercofilata	Kukalová-Peck 1987
class	Insecta	Linnaeus 1758
-	Dicondylia
-	Paranotalia	Sroka et al. 2014
subclass	Pterygota	Brauer 1885
-	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
-	Polyneoptera	Martynov 1938
superorder	Orthopterida	Boudreaux 1979
order	Orthoptera	Olivier 1789
suborder	Ensifera	Chopard 1920
infraorder	Elcanidea	Handlirsch 1906
superfamily	Elcanoidea	Handlirsch 1906
family	Elcanidae	Handlirsch 1906
subfamily	Elcaninae	Handlirsch 1906
genus	Panorpidium	Westwood 1854
species	Calotermes troglodytes	Heer 1865

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Calotermes troglodytes	species	belongs to Calotermes	stated without evidence	Heer, 1865

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

201 - 197 Ma
Early Jurassic

Last Recorded Appearance

201 - 197 Ma
Early Jurassic

Environment

terrestrial (based on Ensifera)

Motility

fast-moving (based on Ensifera)

Vision

well-developed (based on Ensifera)

Diet

herbivore (based on Ensifera)

Reproduction

oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Ensifera)

Ontogeny

molting (based on Ensifera)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Ensifera)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

O. Heer. 1865. Die Urwelt der Schweiz

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1865	Calotermes troglodytes Heer p. 86
1906	Elcana troglodytes Handlirsch p. 419

References

Heer O. , Die Urwelt der Schweiz, 1-622

Handlirsch A. (1906) Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV, Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen, 1-640

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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