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Proteroscarabaeus robustus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Pleocomidae

Taxonomy
Proteroscarabaeus robustus was named by Zhang (1997). Its type specimen is NIGP 124662, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Zhixin Forest Farm, which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large shale in the Dalazi Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Proteroscarabaeus robustus Zhang p. 90 figs. Pl 4, fig 2; text-fig 14

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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
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyScarabaeoidea
familyPleocomidaeLeconte 1861
subfamilyPleocominaeLeconte 1861
genusProteroscarabaeus
speciesrobustus

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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Aptian or 125.00000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0China (Jilin) Proteroscarabaeus robustus (type locality: 151876)