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Byrrhydium morio

Insecta - Coleoptera - Byrrhidae

Taxonomy
Byrrhydium morio was named by Heer (1864). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Insektenmergel, Schambelen, Aargau, which is in an Angulata offshore claystone in the Insektenmergel Formation of Switzerland.

It was recombined as Byrrhidium morio by Scudder (1885).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Byrrhydium morio Heer p. 89 figs. Pl 8, fig 10
1885Byrrhidium morio Scudder p. 798 fig. 1041
1906Byrrhydium morio Handlirsch p. 443 figs. Pl XLI fig 27

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
classInsecta
Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyByrrhoidea
familyByrrhidae()
genusByrrhydium
speciesmorio

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.

Byrrhydium morio Heer 1864
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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: Angulata or 201.40000 to 199.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Angulata201.4 - 199.5Switzerland Byrrhydium morio (type locality: 131766)