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Mesaclopus mongolicus

Insecta - Coleoptera

Taxonomy
Holcorobeus (Mesaclopus) mongolicus was named by Nikolajev (1992). Its type specimen is PIN 3965/209, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Khutel-Khara, PIN collection 3965, which is in a Valanginian/Barremian lacustrine - small siliciclastic in the Tsagaantsav Formation of Mongolia.

It was recombined as Mesaclopus mongolicus by Nikolajev (2004), Nikolajev (2007), Neita-Moreno et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Holcorobeus (Mesaclopus) mongolicus Nikolajev p. 108 figs. 2b, 5
2004Mesaclopus mongolicus Nikolajev p. 42 fig. 1f
2007Mesaclopus mongolicus Nikolajev p. 171 fig. 63
2019Mesaclopus mongolicus Neita-Moreno et al. p. 724
2024Holcorobeus (Mesaclopus) mongolicus 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
genusMesaclopus()
speciesmongolicus()

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.

†Mesaclopus mongolicus Nikolajev 1992
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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Valanginian to the top of the Barremian or 137.05000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Valanginian - Barremian137.05 - 121.4Mongolia (Dornogov) Holcorobeus mongolicus (type locality: 113407)