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Gyrinites troglodytes

Insecta - Coleoptera

Taxonomy
Gyrinites troglodytes was named by Heer (1852). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Insektenmergel, Schambelen, Aargau, which is in an Angulata offshore claystone in the Insektenmergel Formation of Switzerland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Gyrinites troglodytes Heer p. 12 fig. 6,7
1864Gyrinites troglodytes Heer p. 91 figs. Pl 8, fig 19
1906Gyrinites troglodytes Handlirsch pp. 447-448 figs. Pl XLI fig 42
1989Gyrinites troglodytes Nel p. 328

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
genusGyrinites
speciestroglodytes

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.

†Gyrinites troglodytes Heer 1852
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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: Angulata or 201.40000 to 199.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Angulata201.4 - 199.5Switzerland Gyrinites troglodytes (type locality: 131766)