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Holcoptera alisonae

Insecta - Coleoptera - Coptoclavidae

Taxonomy
Holcoptera alisonae was named by Kelly et al. (2017). Its type specimen is NHMUK In.59115, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Flatstones, Stonebarrow, Charmouth (Jackson collection), which is in an Obtusum marine mudstone in the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Holcoptera alisonae Kelly et al. p. 670 fig. 12

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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
familyCoptoclavidaePonomarenko 1961
subfamilyCoptoclaviscinae
genusHolcoptera
speciesalisonae

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.

†Holcoptera alisonae Kelly et al. 2017
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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Obtusum or 199.50000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Obtusum199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Dorset) Holcoptera alisonae (189405 189408)
Obtusum199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (England) Holcoptera alisonae (189404) Holcoptera schlotheimi (type locality: 114638 114639)
Turneri199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Dorset) Holcoptera alisonae (189409 189410)