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Coelocassida scabriusculum

Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae

Taxonomy
Elytridium scabriusculum was named by Heer (1870). Its type specimen is Nat. Riks. Ar. 48, an elytra, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Cap Staratschin, which is in a Danian/Selandian delta plain shale in the Firkanten Formation of Svalbard and Jan Mayen. It is the type species of Coelocassida.

It was recombined as Coelocassida scabriusculum by Birket-Smith (1977).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Elytridium scabriusculum Heer p. 78 figs. Pl 16, figs 28,29
1977Coelocassida scabriusculum Birket-Smith p. 23 fig. 10

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
—Phytophaga
superfamilyChrysomeloidea
familyChrysomelidae()
genusCoelocassida
speciesscabriusculum()

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.

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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: base of the Danian to the top of the Selandian or 66.00000 to 59.24000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.24Svalbard and Jan Mayen Elytridium scabriusculum (type locality: 122011)