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Gracilicupes tenuicruralis

Insecta - Coleoptera - Cupedidae

Taxonomy
Gracilicupes tenuicruralis was named by Tan et al. (2006). Its type specimen is CNU-C-NN2005002, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2005 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Gracilicupes tenuicruralis Tan et al. p. 5 figs. 7-12
2009Gracilicupes tenuocruralis Tan and Ren p. 49 fig. 6.6
2016Gracilicupes tenuicruralis Kirejtshuk et al. p. 133 figs. 93, 94
2020Gracilicupes tenuicruralis Kirejtshuk p. 68

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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
familyCupedidaeLaporte 1836
subfamilyCupedinaeLacordaire 1857
genusGracilicupes
speciestenuicruralis

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.

Gracilicupes tenuicruralis Tan et al. 2006
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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: base of the Callovian to the top of the Oxfordian or 166.10000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3China (Nei Mongol) Gracilicupes tenuicruralis (type locality: 113376)