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Fangshania punctata

Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

Taxonomy
Fangshania punctata was named by Hong (1981). Its type specimen is Tianjin Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources Pl 1002, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Lushangfen, Fangshan District (Tianjin collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine mudstone in the Lushangfen Formation of China. It is the type species of Fangshania.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Fangshania punctata Hong p. 89 figs. Pl 1, fig 2; text-fig 3
1984Fangshania punctata Hong p. 164 figs. Pl 70, fig 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderAdephaga
familyCarabidae()
genusFangshania
speciespunctata

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.

†Fangshania punctata Hong 1981
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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: Late/Upper Aptian or 122.46000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0China (Beijing Shi) Fangshania punctata (type locality: 155161)