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Lithocantharis lunglokshuiensis

Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

Taxonomy
Lithocantharis lunglokshuiensis was named by Lin (1997). Its type specimen is NIGP 128290, an elytra, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Sample LLT, Lung Lun Tsui, Peng Chau island, which is in a Berriasian/Valanginian terrestrial siltstone in the Ping Chau Formation of Hong Kong.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Lithocantharis lunglokshuiensis Lin p. 193 figs. Pl 3, fig 1; text-fig 5
2017Lithocantharis lunglokshuiensis Fanti p. 3
2022Lithocantharis lunglokshuiensis Fanti p. 322

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderAdephaga
familyCarabidae()
genusLithocantharis
specieslunglokshuiensis

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 Berriasian to the top of the Valanginian or 143.10000 to 132.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Berriasian - Valanginian143.1 - 132.6Hong Kong Lithocantharis lunglokshuiensis (type locality: 173064)