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Anobium ovale

Insecta - Coleoptera - Ptinidae

Taxonomy
Anobium ovale was named by Scudder (1878). Its type specimen is 4038, an exoskeleton (pronotum & elytra), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Petrified fish cut (Scudder collection), which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large diatomite/shale in the Green River Formation of Wyoming.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Anobium ovale Scudder p. 762
1890Anobium ovale Scudder p. 491 figs. Pl 8 fig 1
1900Anobium ovale Scudder p. 102
2014Anobium ovale Zahradník and Háva p. 639
2015Anobium ovale Bukejs and Alekseev p. 560

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—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
infraorderBostrichiformiaForbes 1926
superfamilyBostrichoidea
familyPtinidae()
subfamilyAnobiinae
tribeAnobiini
genusAnobium
speciesovale

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.

†Anobium ovale Scudder 1878
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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 50.50000 to 46.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian50.5 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Anobium ovale (type locality: 121322 122090)