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Psephenella ferreirai

Insecta - Coleoptera - Psephenidae

Taxonomy
Psephenella ferreirai was named by Martins-Neto (1998). Its type specimen is MN-5623, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Santa Fe farm, Padre Eterno, Taubaté municipality (MN collection), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - large shale in the Tremembé Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Psephenella.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Psephenella ferreirai Martins-Neto p. 62 figs. Pl 2B; text-fig 2B

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyDryopoidea
familyPsephenidaeLacordaire 1854
genusPsephenella
speciesferreirai

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.

†Psephenella ferreirai Martins-Neto 1998
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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: Chattian or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Brazil Psephenella ferreirai (153054 type locality: 156004)