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Dascillus shandongianus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Dascillidae

Taxonomy
Dascillus shandongianus was named by Zhang (1989). Its type specimen is 820028, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Shanwang, Linqu County, collection 3, which is in a Burdigalian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Shanwang Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Dascillus shandongianus Zhang p. 131 figs. Pl 29, fig 2; pl 30, figs 1-5; pl 31, figs 1-6; pl 32, figs 1-4; pl 33, figs 1-5; text-figs 116-118

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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
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyDascilloideaGue'rin-Me'neville 1843
familyDascillidaeGuerin-Meneville 1843
subfamilyDascillinaeGuerin-Meneville 1843
genusDascillus
speciesshandongianus

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.

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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: Burdigalian or 20.44000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) Dascillus shandongianus (128550 type locality: 128551 128552 130412)