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Canthon
Taxonomy
Canthon was named by Hoffmannsegg (1817). It is extant.
It was assigned to Scarabaeidae by Miller et al. (1981); and to Deltochilini by Bouchard et al. (2011), Tarasov and Dimitrov (2016).
It was assigned to Scarabaeidae by Miller et al. (1981); and to Deltochilini by Bouchard et al. (2011), Tarasov and Dimitrov (2016).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2013-11-02
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1817 | Canthon Hoffmannsegg |
| 1981 | Canthon Miller et al. p. 626 |
| 2011 | Canthon Bouchard et al. |
| 2016 | Canthon Tarasov and Dimitrov |
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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.
G. Canthon Hoffmannsegg 1817
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Subg. Canthon (Boreocanthon) Halffter 1958
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Canthon (Boreocanthon) praticola Le Conte 1859
Canthon (Boreocanthon) simplex Le Conte 1857
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Rancholabrean or 0.12900 to 0.01400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.014 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.014 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Rancholabrean | USA (California) | C. sp., C. praticola (152006) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | C. sp. (103991) |