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Burmagrilus cretacus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae

Taxonomy
Burmagrilus cretacus was named by Jiang et al. (2021). Its type specimen is QUST-INSECT-0015, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Burmese amber (QUST collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar. It is the type species of Burmagrilus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Burmagrilus cretacus Jiang et al. p. 2 figs. 1A,B,D, 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
RankNameAuthor
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyBuprestoidea
familyBuprestidae()
subfamilyAgrilinaeLaporte 1835
tribeAgriliniLaporte 1835
subtribeAgrilinaLaporte 1835
genusBurmagrilus
speciescretacus

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.

Burmagrilus cretacus Jiang et al. 2021
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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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Burmagrilus cretacus (type locality: 201881)