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Leehermania prorova

Insecta - Coleoptera - Hydroscaphidae

Taxonomy
Leehermania prorova was named by Chatzimanolis et al. (2012). Its type specimen is VMNH 734, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Solite Quarries (VMNH collection), which is in a Norian lacustrine - small shale in the Cow Branch Formation of North Carolina. It is the type species of Leehermania.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Leehermania prorova Chatzimanolis et al. p. 7 figs. 2-9
2020Leehermania prorova Fikáček et al. p. 178 fig. 2
2023Leehermania prorova Kirejtshuk et al. p. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderMyxophagaCrowson 1955
superfamilySphaeriusoidea
familyHydroscaphidae
subfamilyLeehermaniinae
genusLeehermania
speciesprorova

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.

Leehermania prorova Chatzimanolis et al. 2012
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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: Norian or 228.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (North Carolina) Leehermania prorova (55493 type locality: 106479)