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Germarostes emarginatus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Hybosoridae

Taxonomy
Ceratocanthus emarginatus was named by Poinar (2014). Its type specimen is Poinar C-7-21, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Dominican amber (Poinar coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

It was recombined as Germarostes emarginatus by Ballerio and Grebennikov (2016), Poinar and Ballerio (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Ceratocanthus emarginatus Poinar p. 433 figs. 1-6
2016Germarostes emarginatus Ballerio and Grebennikov p. 27
2017Germarostes emarginatus Poinar and Ballerio p. 125

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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
—Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyScarabaeoidea
familyHybosoridaeErichson 1847
subfamilyCeratocanthinae(Martinez 1968)
tribeCeratocanthiniMartinez 1968
genusGermarostesPaulian 1982
speciesemarginatus()

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.

†Germarostes emarginatus Poinar 2014
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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 Burdigalian to the top of the Langhian or 20.45000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic Ceratocanthus emarginatus (type locality: 122472)