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Platystethus archetypus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae

Taxonomy
Platystethus archetypus was named by Scudder (1900). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Platystethus archetypus Scudder p. 76 figs. Pl 9, fig 2
2001Platystethus archetypus Herman p. 1470
2016Platystethus archetypus Cai et al. p. 347

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
RankNameAuthor
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyStaphylinoidea
familyStaphylinidae()
subfamilyOxytelinae()
tribeOxytelini
genusPlatystethusMannerheim 1830
speciesarchetypus

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.

Platystethus archetypus Scudder 1900
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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 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Platystethus archetypus (type locality: 106384 113749)