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Eopyrophorus mixtus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae

Taxonomy
Eopyrophorus mixtus was named by Haupt (1950). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Geiseltal (Halle collection), which is in a Lutetian mire/swamp lignite/shale in Germany. It is the type species of Eopyrophorus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Eopyrophorus mixtus Haupt p. 107 figs. 60-66
1956Eopyrophorus mixtus Haupt p. 48
2020Eopyrophorus mixtus Kundrata et al. p. 6
2021Eopyrophorus mixtus Kundrata et al. p. 14

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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
—Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyElateroidea
familyElateridae
subfamilyAgrypninae()
tribePyrophorini()
genusEopyrophorus
speciesmixtus

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.

†Eopyrophorus mixtus Haupt 1950
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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: Lutetian or 48.07000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Eopyrophorus mixtus (114060 type locality: 155693)