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Cretaclopus longipes

Insecta - Coleoptera

Taxonomy
Geotrupoides longipes was named by Ponomarenko (1986). Its type specimen is PIN 3152/4303, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Myangad locality, Section 221/17, which is in an Aptian lacustrine mudstone in the Gurvan-Eren Formation of Mongolia.

It was recombined as Holcorobeus (Holcorobeus) longipes by Nikolajev (1992), Krell (2000); it was recombined as Cretaclopus longipes by Nikolajev (2004), Nikolajev (2007), Neita-Moreno et al. (2019), Allsopp and Schoolmeesters (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Geotrupoides longipes Ponomarenko p. 98 figs. 72; Pl VIII fig 8
1992Holcorobeus (Holcorobeus) longipes Nikolajev p. 104
2000Holcorobeus (Holcorobeus) longipes Krell p. 889
2004Cretaclopus longipes Nikolajev p. 35 fig. 1d
2007Cretaclopus longipes Nikolajev p. 176 fig. 65
2019Cretaclopus longipes Neita-Moreno et al. p. 724
2024Cretaclopus longipes Allsopp and Schoolmeesters p. 108

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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
RankNameAuthor
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyScarabaeoidea
genusCretaclopus
specieslongipes()

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.

Cretaclopus longipes Ponomarenko 1986
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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: Aptian or 121.40000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Mongolia (Kobdo aimak) Geotrupoides longipes (type locality: 104054 136025)