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Cretonthophilus tuberculatus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Histeridae

Taxonomy
Cretonthophilus tuberculatus was named by Caterino et al. (2015). Its type specimen is SMNS BU-162, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Burmese amber (SMNS coll), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar. It is the type species of Cretonthophilus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Cretonthophilus tuberculatus Caterino et al. p. 242 figs. 1-6
2021Cretonthophilus tuberculatus Caterino p. 218

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyHisteroideaGyllenhal 1808
familyHisteridaeGyllenhal 1808
subfamilyOnthophilinaeMacLeay 1819
genusCretonthophilus
speciestuberculatus

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.

Cretonthophilus tuberculatus Caterino et al. 2015
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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: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Cretonthophilus tuberculatus (type locality: 123053)