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Apteropeda grossa

Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae

Taxonomy
Apteropoda grossa was named by Théobald (1935). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.R07247, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Lac Chambon (Piton coll), which is in a Gelasian crater lake diatomite/volcaniclastic in France.

It was recombined as Apteropeda grossa by Santiago-Blay (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Apteropoda grossa Théobald p. 77 figs. Pl 5, fig 17
1994Apteropeda grossa Santiago-Blay p. 26

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
RankNameAuthor
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
—Phytophaga
superfamilyChrysomeloidea
familyChrysomelidae()
subfamilyAlticinae()
genusApteropedaStephens 1839
speciesgrossa()

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.

†Apteropeda grossa Théobald 1935
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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: Gelasian or 2.58800 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806France Apteropoda grossa (type locality: 113996)