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Platycupes major

Insecta - Coleoptera - Triadocupedidae

Taxonomy
Platycupes major was named by Ponomarenko (1966). Its type specimen is PIN 2070/811, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Madygen, PIN collection 2070, Madygen (Northern area), which is in a Ladinian lacustrine - small siliciclastic in the Madygen Formation of Kyrgyzstan.

Entered
by L. Edwards (authorized by M. Clapham) on 2012-03-02; modified by L. Edwards on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Platycupes major Ponomarenko p. 50 figs. 3 b
2020Platycupes major Kirejtshuk p. 62

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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
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
familyTriadocupedidae()
genusPlatycupes
speciesmajor

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.

Platycupes major Ponomarenko 1966
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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: Ladinian or 241.46400 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Kyrgyzstan (Osh) Platycupes major (type locality: 113468)