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Elaterites

Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Elaterites Heer p. 141
1900Elaterites Scudder p. 97
1956Elaterites Haupt p. 48
2020Elaterites Kundrata et al. p. 17
2021Elaterites Kundrata et al. p. 68

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyElateroidea
familyElateridae
genusElaterites

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. †Elaterites Heer 1847
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†Elaterites amissus Heer 1847
†Elaterites bruchi Cockerell 1926
†Elaterites dicrepidioides Deichmüller 1881
†Elaterites laconoides Cockerell 1920
†Elaterites lavateri Heer 1847
†Elaterites longus Haupt 1956
†Elaterites microstictus Cockerell 1926
†Elaterites murchisoni Giebel 1856
†Elaterites obsoletus Heer 1847
†Elaterites palaeophilus Cockerell 1920
†Elaterites perditulus Cockerell 1920
†Elaterites sculptilis Cockerell 1920
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: base of the Paleocene to the top of the Sarmatian or 66.00000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Argentina (Jujuy) E. microstictus, E. bruchi (110425)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom E. palaeophilus (140170)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Canada (British Columbia) E. sp. (121046)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) E. longus (114060)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (Hampshire) E. laconoides (140167)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) E. perditulus, E. sculptilis (140169) Elaterium murchisoni (140168)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Czech Republic E. dicrepidioides (138883)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Switzerland E. amissus (122212)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) E. lavateri, E. obsoletus (115304)