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Dytiscus lavateri

Insecta - Coleoptera - Dytiscidae

Taxonomy
Dytiscus lavateri was named by Heer (1847). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Oeningen (Lavater'schen collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Dytiscus lavateri Heer p. 24 figs. Pl 1, fig 6
1862Dytiscus lavateri Heer p. 36 figs. Pl 2, figs 11-14
1864Dytiscus lavateri Heer p. 383 fig. 279
1885Dytiscus lavateri Scudder p. 803 fig. 1067
1937Dytiscus lavateri Theobald p. 166 figs. Pl XII fig 35
2001Dytiscus lavateri Nilsson p. 266

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderAdephaga
familyDytiscidae()
subfamilyDytiscinae
tribeDytiscini
genusDytiscus
specieslavateri

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.

Dytiscus lavateri Heer 1847
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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: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Sarmatian or 33.90000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France Dytiscus lavateri (122408)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Dytiscus lavateri (type locality: 115304 117252)