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Chimaerocoleus aenigma

Insecta - Coleoptera

Taxonomy
Chimaerocoleus aenigma was named by Ponomarenko (1985). Its type specimen is PIN 2791/11, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Lyagush'ye, PIN collection 2791, Chernyy Etap 1, which is in a Toarcian/Aalenian terrestrial horizon in the Osinovo Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Chimaerocoleus.

Entered
by M. Clapham on 2012-03-10

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Chimaerocoleus aenigma Ponomarenko p. 57 figs. Pl 7, fig 4; text-fig 15

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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
suborderAdephaga
genusChimaerocoleus
speciesaenigma

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.

†Chimaerocoleus aenigma Ponomarenko 1985
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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 Toarcian to the top of the Aalenian or 184.20000 to 170.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toarcian - Aalenian184.2 - 170.9Russian Federation (Kemerovo) Chimaerocoleus aenigma (type locality: 125472)