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Paltorhynchus narwhal

Insecta - Coleoptera - Belidae

Taxonomy
Paltorhynchus narwhal was named by Scudder (1893). Its type specimen is MCZ 12247, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Paltorhynchus narwhal Scudder p. 18 figs. Pl 1, figs 9,10,18
1999Paltorhynchus narwhal Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal p. 41
2009Paltorhynchus narwhal Legalov p. 310
2015Paltorhynchus narwhal Legalov p. 1475
2023Paltorhynchus narwhal Legalov p. 7 fig. 6

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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
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
—Phytophaga
superfamilyCurculionoidea
familyBelidaeSchoenherr 1826
subfamilyOxycoryninae()
—Oxycorynitae
tribeMetrioxeniniVoss 1953
subtribeZherichinixenina
genusPaltorhynchus
speciesnarwhal

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.

†Paltorhynchus narwhal Scudder 1893
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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: Chadronian or 37.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Paltorhynchus narwhal (122093)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Paltorhynchus narwhal (106384)