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Omma liassicum

Insecta - Coleoptera - Ommatidae

Taxonomy
Omma liassica was named by Crowson (1962). Its type specimen is BMNH I.11095, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Brown's Wood, Warwickshire, which is in a Rhaetian marine horizon in the United Kingdom.

It was corrected as Omma liassicum by Soriano and Delclos (2006), Kirejtshuk (2020) and Escalona et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Omma liassica Crowson p. 153 figs. Pl 3, figs 1-3
2006Omma liassicum Soriano and Delclos p. 199
2020Omma liassicum Escalona et al. p. 550
2020Omma liassicum Kirejtshuk p. 37

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
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
suborderArchostemataKolbe 1908
superfamilyCupedoideaLaporte 1836
familyOmmatidaeSharp and Muir 1912
subfamilyOmmatinaeSharp and Muir 1912
tribeOmmatiniSharp and Muir 1912
genusOmmaNewman 1839
speciesliassicum()

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.

Omma liassicum Crowson 1962
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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 Rhaetian to the top of the Obtusum or 208.50000 to 189.60000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3United Kingdom Omma liassica (133036)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3United Kingdom (England) Omma liassica (type locality: 113957 114677)
Rhaetian - Early/Lower Hettangian208.5 - 196.5United Kingdom (England) Omma liassica (124688)
Planorbis201.3 - 196.5United Kingdom (England) Omma liassica (123982)
Obtusum196.5 - 189.6United Kingdom (England) Omma liassica (114637)