Sociala is an extinct genus of stem-termite which lived from the mid-late Jurassic (Callovian to Kimmeridgian)[1] to the early Cretaceous (Albian).[2] This genus was named by Peter Vršanský in 2010, with the type species being Sociala perlucida from the Albian of France.[2] In 2024, an earlier species, Sociala borat, was named from the Karabastau Formation in Kazakhstan, which would make this species the earliest known termite.[1]
Phylogeny
Cladogram after Vršanský (2010).[2]
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References
- ^ a b Vršanský, P. (2024). “Late Mesozoic cockroaches s.l. from the Karabastau Formation in Kazakhstan” (PDF). AMBA Projekty. 14 (1): 1–700.
- ^ a b c Peter Vršanský (2010). “Cockroach as the Earliest Eusocial Animal”. Acta Geologica Sinica – English Edition. 84 (4): 793–808. Bibcode:2010AcGlS..84..793V. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00261.x.