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Oxytelus ominosus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae

Taxonomy
Oxytelus ominosus was named by Förster (1891). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Brunstatt, horizon d3, which is in an Oligocene lacustrine - large marl in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Oxytelus ominosus Förster p. 367 figs. Pl 11, fig 13
1937Oxytelus ominosus Theobald p. 168 figs. Pl XII fig 14
2001Oxytelus ominosus Herman p. 1446
2016Oxytelus ominosus Cai et al. p. 347

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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
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyStaphylinoidea
familyStaphylinidae()
subfamilyOxytelinae()
tribeOxytelini
genusOxytelus
speciesominosus

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.

Oxytelus ominosus Förster 1891
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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: Early/Lower Oligocene or 33.90000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3France Oxytelus ominosus (type locality: 121474)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany Oxytelus ominosus (122407)