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Antarctotrechus balli

Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

Taxonomy
Antarctotrechus balli was named by Ashworth and Erwin (2016). Its type specimen is NMNH:ADP147741, an elytra, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Oliver Bluffs, which is in a Miocene fine channel fill siltstone/sandstone in the Meyer Desert Formation of Antarctica. It is the type species of Antarctotrechus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Antarctotrechus balli Ashworth and Erwin p. 115 figs. 5-7

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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
suborderAdephaga
familyCarabidae()
subfamilyTrechinae()
—Trechitae
tribeTrechini
genusAntarctotrechus
speciesballi

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.

†Antarctotrechus balli Ashworth and Erwin 2016
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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: Middle Miocene or 15.98000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Antarctica Antarctotrechus balli (type locality: 137622)