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Cryptophagus sunchalensis

Insecta - Coleoptera - Cryptophagidae

Taxonomy
Cryptophagus sunchalensis was named by Cockerell (1926). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Station 3; Sunchal, which is in a Paleocene lacustrine - small mudstone/limestone in the Maíz Gordo Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Cryptophagus sunchalensis Cockerell p. 317 fig. 4

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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
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
superfamilyCucujoidea
familyCryptophagidae
subfamilyCryptophaginae
tribeCryptophagini
genusCryptophagus()
speciessunchalensis

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.

Cryptophagus sunchalensis Cockerell 1926
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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 Paleocene or 59.24000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0Argentina (Jujuy) Cryptophagus sunchalensis (type locality: 110536)