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Gyrinus
Taxonomy
Gyrinus was named by Geoffroy (1762). It is extant. It is the type genus of Gyrinidae, Gyrininae, Gyrinini.
It was assigned to Coleoptera by Geoffroy (1762), Schaeffer (1766), Linnaeus (1767), Müller (1776) and Latreille (1796); to Eleuterata by Fabricius (1775) and Fabricius (1798); to Hydrocanthari by Latreille (1802); to Hydrocanthares by Dejean (1821); to Gyrinidae by Nel (1989) and Carpenter (1992); and to Gyrinini by Tamutis et al. (2011) and Gustafson and Miller (2013).
It was assigned to Coleoptera by Geoffroy (1762), Schaeffer (1766), Linnaeus (1767), Müller (1776) and Latreille (1796); to Eleuterata by Fabricius (1775) and Fabricius (1798); to Hydrocanthari by Latreille (1802); to Hydrocanthares by Dejean (1821); to Gyrinidae by Nel (1989) and Carpenter (1992); and to Gyrinini by Tamutis et al. (2011) and Gustafson and Miller (2013).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1762 | Gyrinus Geoffroy p. 193 |
| 1766 | Gyrinus Schaeffer |
| 1767 | Gyrinus Linnaeus p. 567 |
| 1775 | Gyrinus Fabricius p. 234 |
| 1776 | Gyrinus Müller p. 68 |
| 1796 | Gyrinus Latreille p. 72 |
| 1798 | Gyrinus Fabricius p. 65 |
| 1802 | Gyrinus Latreille p. 75 |
| 1821 | Gyrinus Dejean p. 20 |
| 1989 | Gyrinus Nel p. 324 |
| 1992 | Gyrinus Carpenter |
| 2011 | Gyrinus Tamutis et al. |
| 2013 | Gyrinus Gustafson and Miller p. 83 |
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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.
G. Gyrinus Geoffroy 1762
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†Gyrinus aquisextanea Nel 1989
Gyrinus confinis Le Conte 1868
Gyrinus minutus Fabricius 1798
Gyrinus opacus Sahlberg 1819
Gyrinus praeopacus Lomnicki 1894
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chattian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 28.10000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma
Collections (25 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chattian | France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) | G. aquisextanea (127415) | |
| Pliocene | Japan | G. sp. (165744) | |
| Piacenzian | Japan | G. sp. (165738 165742) | |
| Gelasian | Greenland | G. sp. (160109 160143) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Japan | G. sp. (153617 153618) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Russian Federation | G. sp., G. opacus (163089) | |
| Chibanian | Japan | G. sp. (165700) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | United Kingdom (Warwickshire) | G. sp. (169388 169389 169391 169392 169399) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | United Kingdom | G. sp. (168264 168269 168271 168272) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Washington) | G. sp. (157092 167662) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Ukraine | G. praemarinus, G. praeopacus (153476) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Japan | G. sp. (166084) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | United Kingdom (Worcestershire) | G. minutus (163070) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Russian Federation (Astrakhan) | G. sp., G. minutus (125794) |