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Protonectes germanicus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Coptoclavidae

Taxonomy
Protonectes germanicus was named by Prokin and Ponomarenko (2013). Its type specimen is SMTE 5930/1-65A, a nymph (larva), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Schönbachsmühle quarry, near Ebelsbach, which is in a Tuvalian pond shale in the Hassberge Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Protonectes.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Protonectes germanicus Prokin and Ponomarenko p. 260 figs. 1-7

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderAdephaga
familyCoptoclavidaePonomarenko 1961
subfamilyTimarchopsinae
genusProtonectes
speciesgermanicus

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.

†Protonectes germanicus Prokin and Ponomarenko 2013
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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Tuvalian or 233.60000 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3Germany Protonectes germanicus (type locality: 153474)