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Mesocryptogastra sinensis

Insecta - Coleoptera - Derodontidae

Taxonomy
Mesocryptogastra sinensis was named by Lin (1977). Its type specimen is NIGP 24363, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is YHS 301, Shangyong, Mengla County, which is in a Paleocene/Eocene terrestrial siliciclastic in China. It is the type species of Mesocryptogastra.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Mesocryptogastra sinensis Lin p. 380 figs. Pl 2, figs 4,4a,4b

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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
—Clambiformia
superfamilyClamboidea
familyDerodontidaeLeConte 1861
genusMesocryptogastra
speciessinensis

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.

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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 Paleocene to the top of the Eocene or 66.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleocene - Eocene66.0 - 33.9China (Yunnan) Mesocryptogastra sinensis (type locality: 165276)