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Keleusticus acutus

Insecta - Coleoptera

Taxonomy
Keleusticus acutus was named by Ponomarenko (1985). Its type specimen is PIN 3793/83, an elytra, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Dzhargalant (PIN collection 3793), which is in a Toarcian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Zhargalant Formation of Mongolia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Keleusticus acutus Ponomarenko p. 70 figs. Pl 10, fig 1; text-fig 35

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
genusKeleusticus
speciesacutus

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.

†Keleusticus acutus 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: Toarcian or 184.20000 to 174.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Mongolia Keleusticus acutus (type locality: 124855)