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Proteroscarabaeus yeni

Insecta - Coleoptera - Pleocomidae

Taxonomy
Proteroscarabaeus yeni was named by Grabau (1923). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Locality 218, 1 li north of Man-Wu, Laiyang, which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large shale in the Laiyang Formation of China. It is the type species of Proteroscarabaeus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Proteroscarabaeus yeni Grabau p. 175 figs. Pl 2, fig a
1977Proteroscarabaeus yeni Nikritin p. 126 figs. Pl 11, figs 5,6; text-fig 69
1990Proteroscarabaeus yeni Hong and Wang p. 115
2007Proteroscarabaeus yeni Nikolajev p. 32 fig. 5

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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
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyScarabaeoidea
familyPleocomidaeLeconte 1861
subfamilyPleocominaeLeconte 1861
genusProteroscarabaeus
speciesyeni

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.

†Proteroscarabaeus yeni Grabau 1923
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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: Early/Lower Aptian or 121.40000 to 119.57000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Russian Federation Proteroscarabaeus yeni (123220)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2China (Shandong) Proteroscarabaeus yeni (154887 154897 type locality: 156598)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Russian Federation (Buryatia) Proteroscarabaeus yeni (105536 113403)