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Antherophagus priscus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Cryptophagidae

Taxonomy
Antherophagus priscus was named by Scudder (1876). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Petrified fish cut (Richardson Coll), which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large diatomite/shale in the Green River Formation of Wyoming.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Antherophagus priscus Scudder pp. 79-80
1878Antherophagus priscus Scudder p. 762
1885Antherophagus priscus Scudder p. 799 fig. 1051
1890Antherophagus priscus Scudder p. 501 figs. Pl 7 figs 24, 35
1900Antherophagus priscus Scudder p. 85

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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
—Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
superfamilyCucujoidea
familyCryptophagidae
subfamilyCryptophaginae
tribeCryptophagini
genusAntherophagus
speciespriscus

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.

†Antherophagus priscus Scudder 1876
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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: Bridgerian or 51.10000 to 45.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian51.1 - 45.9USA (Wyoming) Antherophagus priscus (type locality: 121306 121322)