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Eccoptarthrus tenuicornis

Insecta - Coleoptera - Nemonychidae

Taxonomy
Pseudobrenthorrhinus tenuicornis was named by Gratshev and Zherikhin (1996). Its type specimen is PIN 2784/1493, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2784), which is in a Kimmeridgian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.

It was recombined as Eccoptarthrus tenuicornis by Legalov (2010), Legalov (2012), Gratshev and Legalov (2014), Legalov (2015), Legalov (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Pseudobrenthorrhinus tenuicornis Gratshev and Zherikhin p. 124 figs. Pl 10, figs 11,12; text-figs 2c,d
2010Eccoptarthrus tenuicornis Legalov p. 82
2012Eccoptarthrus tenuicornis Legalov p. 688
2014Eccoptarthrus tenuicornis Gratshev and Legalov p. 921 figs. Pl 15, fig 8; text-fig 13c
2015Eccoptarthrus tenuicornis Legalov p. 1449
2025Eccoptarthrus tenuicornis Legalov p. 232

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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
familyNemonychidae
subfamilyBrenthorrhininae
tribeEccoptarthrini
genusEccoptarthrus
speciestenuicornis()

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.

†Eccoptarthrus tenuicornis Gratshev and Zherikhin 1996
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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: Kimmeridgian or 154.80000 to 149.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Kazakhstan Pseudobrenthorrhinus tenuicornis (105426 type locality: 113439)