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Baissopsis ampla

Insecta - Coleoptera - Cerophytidae

Taxonomy
Baissophytum amplus was named by Chang et al. (2011). Its type specimen is PIN 4210/5915, an exoskeleton (complete female beetle), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Baissa (PIN collection 4210, unknown layer), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large siltstone/marl in the Zaza Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Baissopsis.

It was recombined as Baissopsis amplus by Kirejtshuk (2013); it was corrected as Baissophytum amplum by Oberprieler et al. (2016); it was recombined as Baissopsis ampla by Yu et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Baissophytum amplus Chang et al. p. 703 fig. 3,4
2013Baissopsis amplus Kirejtshuk p. 129
2016Baissophytum amplum Oberprieler et al. p. 181
2019Baissopsis ampla Yu et al. p. 59

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyElateroidea
familyCerophytidaeLatreille 1834
genusBaissopsis
speciesampla()

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.

Baissopsis ampla Chang et al. 2011
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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: Aptian or 125.00000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Russian Federation (Buryatia) Baissophytum amplus (type locality: 118216)