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Anthonomus soporus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae

Taxonomy
Anthonomus soporus was named by Scudder (1890). Its type specimen is Lee coll 48, an elytra (single elytron in excellent condition), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Green River (Lee Collection), which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large diatomite/shale in the Green River Formation of Wyoming.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Anthonomus soporus Scudder p. 472 figs. Pl 8 fig 16
1893Anthonomus soporus Scudder p. 116 figs. Pl 11, fig 1
2015Anthonomus soporus Legalov p. 1490

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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
—Phytophaga
superfamilyCurculionoidea
familyCurculionidae()
subfamilyCurculioninae
tribeAnthonominiThomson 1859
genusAnthonomus
speciessoporus

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.

†Anthonomus soporus Scudder 1890
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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 (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian51.1 - 45.9USA (Wyoming) Anthonomus soporus (122090 type locality: 122092 152136)
Bridgerian51.1 - 45.9USA (Utah) Anthonomus soporus (152137)
Bridgerian51.1 - 45.9USA (Colorado) Anthonomus soporus (114681)