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Xantholinus westwoodianus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae

Taxonomy
Xantholinus westwoodianus was named by Heer (1856). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Aix-en-Provence (Murchison collection), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - large limestone in the Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation of France.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Lathrobium provinciale Giebel p. 72
1856Xantholinus westwoodianus Heer p. 16 figs. Pl 1, fig 6
1874Xantholinus westwoodianus Oustalet p. 151 figs. Pl 2, fig 6
1907Xantholinus westwoodianus Handlirsch p. 726
2001Xantholinus westwoodianus Herman p. 3829

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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()
subfamilyStaphylininae
tribeXantholinini()
genusXantholinus
specieswestwoodianus

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.

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Invalid names: Lathrobium provinciale Giebel 1856 [objective synonym]
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: Chattian or 28.10000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Lathrobium sp. (type locality: 122877)