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Necrocoelus aselloides

Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae

Taxonomy
Necrocoelus aselloides was named by Dolin (1980). Its type specimen is PIN 2066/2520, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2066), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan. It is the type species of Necrocoelus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Necrocoelus aselloides Dolin p. 59 figs. Pl 5, fig 2; text-fig 64
2020Necrocoelus aselloides Kundrata et al. p. 12
2021Necrocoelus aselloides Kundrata et al. p. 53

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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
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyElateroidea
familyElateridae
subfamilyProtagrypninaeDolin 1973
tribeHypnomorphini
genusNecrocoelus
speciesaselloides

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.

†Necrocoelus aselloides Dolin 1980
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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: base of the Callovian to the top of the Oxfordian or 165.30000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Kazakhstan (Chimkent) Necrocoelus aselloides (type locality: 105971 106279)