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Helophorus (Mesosperchus) inceptivus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Helophoridae

Taxonomy
Helophorus (Mesosperchus) inceptivus was named by Fikáček et al. (2012). Its type specimen is PIN 4270/1008, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Shar-Teg, outcrop 442/2 (PIN collection 4270), which is in a Tithonian lacustrine - large claystone in the Sharteg Formation of Mongolia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. oregonensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Helophorus (Mesosperchus) inceptivus Fikáček et al. p. 104 figs. 27, 81, 82, 107, 111

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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
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyHydrophiloidea
familyHelophoridae()
genusHelophorus()
subgenusMesosperchus()
speciesinceptivus

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.

†Helophorus (Mesosperchus) inceptivus Fikáček et al. 2012
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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: Tithonian or 152.10000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Mongolia Helophorus inceptivus (121394 type locality: 131803)