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Umenocoleus sinuatus

Insecta - Alienoptera - Umenocoleidae

Taxonomy
Umenocoleus sinuatus was named by Chen and Tan (1973). Its type specimen is NIGPAS N23, F4704101, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Huitongbao, Yumen City, which is in an Albian/Albian lacustrine - large shale in the Zhonggou Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Umenocoleus sinuatus Chen and Tan pp. 170, 175-176 figs. 1-3; Pl 1
1982Umenocoleus sinuatus Lin p. 83 figs. Pl 32, fig 1
2003Umenocoleus sinuatus Vršanský p. 15 fig. 13
2020Umenocoleus sinuatus Beutel et al. p. 97 figs. 1, 2
2022Umenocoleus sinuatus Luo et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
Holopandictyoptera
superorderDictyopteraLatreille 1829
orderAlienoptera
familyUmenocoleidae
genusUmenocoleus
speciessinuatus

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.

Umenocoleus sinuatus Chen and Tan 1973
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinf
Form: inflated sheetf
Ontogeny: moltingf
Grouping: solitaryf
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: fast-movingf
Life habit: arborealf
Diet: herbivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Reproduction: oviparousf
Created: 2013-02-02 05:47:31
Modified: 2013-02-01 12:47:31
Source: f = family
Reference: Vršanský 2003

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Middle Albian or 112.03000 to 105.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian - Middle Albian112.03 - 105.3China (Gansu) Umenocoleus sinuatus (type locality: 138918 224254)