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Protrogosita distincta

Insecta - Coleoptera - Trogossitidae

Taxonomy
Protrogosita distincta was named by Piton and Théobald (1937). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.B47303, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Menat (Piacentini collection), which is in a Selandian crater lake diatomite in the Menat Formation of France. It is the type species of Protrogosita.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Protrogosita distincta Piton and Théobald p. 81 figs. 5, 5a
1940Protrogosita distincta Piton p. 195 figs. 61; Pl XVIII fig 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—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
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
superfamilyCleroidea
familyTrogossitidae()
genusProtrogosita
speciesdistincta

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.

†Protrogosita distincta Piton and Théobald 1937
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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: Selandian or 61.66000 to 59.24000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.66 - 59.24France (Auvergne) Protrogosita distincta (type locality: 120351)