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Macropunctum meunieri

Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae

Taxonomy
Macropunctum meunieri was named by Tröster (1991). Its type specimen is SMF MeI 2627, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Grube Messel Pit, grid square i8, 0.26-1.29 m above alpha, which is in a MP 11 crater lake claystone in the Messel Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Macropunctum meunieri Tröster p. 112 figs. 8-11
2003Macropunctum meunieri Wappler figs. Pl 10 fig d
2021Macropunctum meunieri Kundrata et al. p. 11

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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()
tribeAgrypnini
genusMacropunctum
speciesmeunieri

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.

†Macropunctum meunieri Tröster 1991
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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: MP 13 or 48.07000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 1148.07 - 41.03Germany (Hessen) Macropunctum meunieri (139217 type locality: 162183 162184)
MP 1348.07 - 41.03Germany (Eifel) Macropunctum meunieri (24201)