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Mesodineutes amurensis

Insecta - Coleoptera - Gyrinidae

Taxonomy
Mesodineutes amurensis was named by Ponomarenko (1977). Its type specimen is PIN 2055/74, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Arkhara (PIN collection 2055), which is in a Danian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Darmakan Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Mesodineutes.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Mesodineutes amurensis Ponomarenko p. 43 figs. Pl 3, figs 5,6; text-fig 18
2017Mesodineutes amurensis Gustafson and Miller p. 140 fig. 6E

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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
suborderAdephaga
familyGyrinidae
subfamilyGyrininae
tribeEnhydrusini()
genusMesodineutes
speciesamurensis

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.

†Mesodineutes amurensis Ponomarenko 1977
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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: Danian or 66.00000 to 61.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6Russian Federation Mesodineutes amurensis (type locality: 114328)