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Parashartegus distinctus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Mesocinetidae

Taxonomy
Parashartegus distinctus was named by Kirejtshuk and Ponomarenko (2010). Its type specimen is PIN 4270/1313, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Shar-Teg, outcrop 423/6 (PIN collection 4270), which is in a Tithonian lacustrine - large claystone in the Sharteg Formation of Mongolia. It is the type species of Parashartegus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Parashartegus distinctus Kirejtshuk and Ponomarenko p. 321 figs. 38,39,48-50

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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
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
Clambiformia
superfamilyClamboidea
familyMesocinetidae
genusParashartegus
speciesdistinctus

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.

Parashartegus distinctus Kirejtshuk and Ponomarenko 2010
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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 152.10000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Mongolia Parashartegus distinctus (type locality: 121394)