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Cretoelaterium kazanovense

Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae

Taxonomy
Cretoelaterium kazanovense was named by Alexeev (2008). Its type specimen is PIN 3693/1, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Kazanovo railway station locality (PIN collection 3693), which is in a Barremian terrestrial horizon in the Mirsanovo Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Cretoelaterium.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Cretoelaterium kazanovense Alexeev
2020Cretoelaterium kazanovense Kundrata et al. p. 16
2021Cretoelaterium kazanovense Kundrata et al. p. 65

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyElateroidea
familyElateridae
genusCretoelaterium
specieskazanovense

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.

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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: Barremian or 125.77000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Russian Federation (Transbaikalia) Buprestidae indet. (type locality: 103272)