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Timarchopsis gobiensis

Insecta - Coleoptera - Coptoclavidae

Taxonomy
Timarchopsis gobiensis was named by Ponomarenko (1987). Its type specimen is PIN 3688/1178, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Houtiyn-Hotgor Depression (outcrop 296/14), which is in a Tithonian lacustrine shale in the Ulaan-Ereg Formation of Mongolia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Timarchopsis gobiensis Ponomarenko p. 84 figs. 2h-j; Pl VIII, fig. 3
2007Timarchopsis gobiensis Soriano et al. p. 530

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderAdephaga
familyCoptoclavidaePonomarenko 1961
subfamilyTimarchopsinae
genusTimarchopsis
speciesgobiensis

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.

†Timarchopsis gobiensis Ponomarenko 1987
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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: Tithonian or 149.20000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Mongolia (Dund-Gov’ Aymag) Timarchopsis gobiensis (type locality: 117695)