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Cretosperchus medievalis

Insecta - Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae

Taxonomy
Cretosperchus medievalis was named by Ponomarenko (1997). Its type specimen is HU 38335, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Wadi el Malih, which is in a Berriasian pond shale/tuff in the Tayasir Formation of Israel. It is the type species of Cretosperchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Cretosperchus medievalis Ponomarenko

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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
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyHydrophiloidea
familyHydrophilidae
genusCretosperchus
speciesmedievalis

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.

†Cretosperchus medievalis Ponomarenko 1997
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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: Berriasian or 143.10000 to 137.05000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Israel Cretosperchus medievalis (type locality: 84472)