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Cretofrontolina kzyldzharica

Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae

Taxonomy
Cretofrontolina kzyldzharica was named by Alexeev (2009). Its type specimen is PIN 2783/104, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Kzyl-Zhar Locality (PIN collection 2783), which is in a Turonian pond mudstone in Kazakhstan. It is the type species of Cretofrontolina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Cretofrontolina kzyldzharica Alexeev p. 277 figs. Pl 4, figs 1a,b; text-figs 1a,b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyBuprestoidea
familyBuprestidae()
subfamilyParathyreinae
genusCretofrontolina
specieskzyldzharica

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.

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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: Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Kazakhstan (Kzyl-Orda) Cretofrontolina kzyldzharica (type locality: 113401)