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Onthophagus arvernus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae

Taxonomy
Onthophagus arvernus was named by Piton and Théobald (1939). Its type specimen is Rudel 31, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Puy-Saint-Jean, which is in an Oligocene crater lake limestone in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Onthophagus arvernus Piton and Théobald p. 97 figs. Pl 2, fig 4

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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
superfamilyScarabaeoidea
familyScarabaeidae()
subfamilyScarabaeinae
tribeOnthophagini()
genusOnthophagus
speciesarvernus

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.

Onthophagus arvernus Piton and Théobald 1939
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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: Late/Upper Oligocene or 28.40000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03France (Puy-de-Dome) Onthophagus arvernus (type locality: 155204)