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Omma altajense

Insecta - Coleoptera - Ommatidae

Taxonomy
Omma altajense was named by Ponomarenko (1997). Its type specimen is PIN 3791/4716, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Bakhar outcrop 275/1 (PIN collection 3791), which is in a Bajocian/Bathonian lacustrine claystone in the Bakhar Formation of Mongolia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Omma altajense Ponomarenko p. 394 figs. Pl 6, fig 9; text-fig 7
2020Omma altajense Escalona et al. p. 550
2020Omma altajense Kirejtshuk p. 37

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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
suborderArchostemataKolbe 1908
superfamilyCupedoideaLaporte 1836
familyOmmatidaeSharp and Muir 1912
subfamilyOmmatinaeSharp and Muir 1912
tribeOmmatiniSharp and Muir 1912
genusOmmaNewman 1839
speciesaltajense

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.

Omma altajense Ponomarenko 1997
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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 Bajocian to the top of the Bathonian or 170.30000 to 166.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian - Bathonian170.3 - 166.1Mongolia (Bayan-Khongor) Omma altajense (type locality: 124340)