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Thanatophilus
Taxonomy
Thanatophilus was named by Leach (1815). It is extant.
It was reranked as Silpha (Thanatophilus) by Leach (1815), Pierce (1949).
It was assigned to Silpha by Leach (1815), Pierce (1949); to Silphidae by Kiselev and Nazarov (2009); to Silphini by King et al. (2015); and to Silphinae by Rŭžička (2015), Webster (2016).
It was reranked as Silpha (Thanatophilus) by Leach (1815), Pierce (1949).
It was assigned to Silpha by Leach (1815), Pierce (1949); to Silphidae by Kiselev and Nazarov (2009); to Silphini by King et al. (2015); and to Silphinae by Rŭžička (2015), Webster (2016).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1815 | Silpha (Thanatophilus) Leach p. 89 |
| 1815 | Thanatophilus Leach p. 89 |
| 1949 | Silpha (Thanatophilus) Pierce p. 59 |
| 2009 | Thanatophilus Kiselev and Nazarov |
| 2015 | Thanatophilus King et al. |
| 2015 | Thanatophilus Rŭžička p. 297 |
| 2016 | Thanatophilus Webster p. 414 |
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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. Thanatophilus Leach 1815
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Thanatophilus coloradensis Wickham 1902
Thanatophilus dispar Herbst 1793
Thanatophilus lapponicus Herbst 1793
Thanatophilus sagax Mannerheim 1853
Thanatophilus trituberculatus Kirby 1837
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Invalid names: Oiceoptoma baicalica Motschulsky 1860 [synonym]
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 Priabonian to the top of the Holocene or 37.71000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.04 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.04 Ma
Collections (19 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priabonian - Chattian | France | T. sp. (160862) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Russian Federation | T. sp. (113713) | |
| Gelasian | Greenland | T. baicalicus (160109 160153) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Russian Federation | T. dispar (163069) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (California) | Silpha lapponica (152007 161528 161535) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Washington) | T. lapponicus (167662) T. sagax (157092 169360) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Colorado) | T. coloradensis (169333 169347) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Russian Federation | T. dispar (173216) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | United Kingdom (Worcestershire) | T. dispar (163070) | |
| Tarantian | USA (Pennsylvania) | T. sp. (137201 137204 137205) | |
| Holocene | Russian Federation (Novosibirsk) | T. dispar (175699) |