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Canthon (Boreocanthon)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae

Taxonomy
Boreocanthon was named by Halffter (1958). It is extant.

It was reranked as Canthon (Boreocanthon) by Miller et al. (1981).

It was assigned to Canthon by Miller et al. (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Canthon (Boreocanthon) Miller et al. p. 626

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyScarabaeoidea
familyScarabaeidae()
subfamilyScarabaeinae
tribeDeltochilini()
genusCanthonHoffmannsegg 1817
subgenusBoreocanthon(Halffter 1958)

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.

Subg. Canthon (Boreocanthon) Halffter 1958
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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

Maximum range based only on fossils: Rancholabrean or 0.21000 to 0.01400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.014 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Canthon praticola (152006)