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Anobium lignitum

Insecta - Coleoptera - Ptinidae

Taxonomy
Anobium lignitum was named by Scudder (1878). Its type specimen is 4082, 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 lignitum Scudder p. 763
1890Anobium lignitum Scudder p. 492 figs. Pl 8 fig 24
1900Anobium lignitum Scudder p. 103
2014Anobium lignitum Zahradník and Háva p. 639
2015Anobium lignitum Bukejs and Alekseev p. 560

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
RankNameAuthor
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderBostrichiformiaForbes 1926
superfamilyBostrichoidea
familyPtinidae()
subfamilyAnobiinae
tribeAnobiini
genusAnobium
specieslignitum

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 lignitum 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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Bridgerian or 50.30000 to 46.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Anobium lignitum (type locality: 121322)