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Sinoxytelus transbaicalicus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae

Taxonomy
Sinoxytelus transbaicalicus was named by Cai et al. (2013). Its type specimen is PIN 5245/8, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Urey locality (PIN collection 5245), which is in a Cretaceous terrestrial mudstone in the Tinginskaya Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Sinoxytelus transbaicalicus Cai et al. p. 238 figs. 1-3
2016Sinoxytelus transbaicalicus Cai et al. p. 346

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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
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyStaphylinoidea
familyStaphylinidae()
subfamilyOxytelinae()
tribeCoprophiliniHeer 1839
genusSinoxytelus
speciestransbaicalicus

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.

†Sinoxytelus transbaicalicus Cai et al. 2013
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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: Early/Lower Cretaceous or 143.10000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cretaceous143.1 - 100.5Russian Federation Sinoxytelus transbaicalicus (type locality: 139581)