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Mesocinetus ovatus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Mesocinetidae

Taxonomy
Mesocinetus ovatus was named by Ponomarenko (1990). Its type specimen is PIN 2587/7, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Undurga river (PIN collection 2587), which is in an Aptian terrestrial mudstone in the Turga Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Mesocinetus ovatus Ponomarenko p. 73 figs. Pl 6, fig 9; text-fig 69

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
—Clambiformia
superfamilyClamboidea
familyMesocinetidae
genusMesocinetus
speciesovatus

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.

†Mesocinetus ovatus Ponomarenko 1990
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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: or 122.46000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Russian Federation (Chita) Mesocinetus ovatus (type locality: 114316)