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Elaterites perditulus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae

Taxonomy
Elaterites perditulus was named by Cockerell (1920). Its type specimen is BMNH In. 10418, an elytra, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Corfe, Isle of Purbeck, which is in a Lutetian pond claystone in the Poole Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Elaterites perditulus Cockerell p. 457 figs. Pl 16, fig 7
2021Elaterites perditulus Kundrata et al. p. 70

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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
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyElateroidea
familyElateridae
genusElaterites
speciesperditulus

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.

Elaterites perditulus Cockerell 1920
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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 47.80000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Elaterites perditulus (type locality: 140169)