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Eosacantha delocranioides

Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae

Taxonomy
Eosacantha delocranioides was named by Chaboo and Engel (2009). Its type specimen is USNM 79136, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Anvil Points, locality 41140, which is in an Uintan lacustrine - large lime mudstone in the Green River Formation of Colorado.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Eosacantha delocranioides Chaboo and Engel p. 204 fig. 1G
2019Eosacantha delocranioides Nadein p. 599

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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
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
—Phytophaga
superfamilyChrysomeloidea
familyChrysomelidae()
subfamilyCassidinaeGyllenhal 1813
tribeNotosacanthiniGressitt 1952
genusEosacantha
speciesdelocranioides

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.

†Eosacantha delocranioides Chaboo and Engel 2009
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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: Uintan or 46.20000 to 39.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Colorado) Eosacantha delocranioides (type locality: 138989)