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Pseudophaops perditus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae

Taxonomy
Otiorhynchus perditus was named by Scudder (1876). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Petrified fish cut (Richardson Coll), which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large diatomite/shale in the Green River Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Pseudophaops.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Yunakov and Kirejtshuk (2011), Legalov (2015); it was recombined as Pseudophaops perditus by Legalov (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Otiorhynchus perditus Scudder p. 84
1878Otiorhynchus perditus Scudder p. 766
1890Otiorhynchus perditus Scudder p. 476 figs. Pl 8 fig 25
1893Otiorhynchus perditus Scudder p. 45
2018Pseudophaops perditus Legalov p. 301 figs. Pl 15, fig 7; text-fig 1g

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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
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
—Phytophaga
superfamilyCurculionoidea
familyCurculionidae()
subfamilyEntiminaeSchoenherr 1823
tribeEustyliniLacordaire 1863
genusPseudophaops
speciesperditus()

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.

†Pseudophaops perditus Scudder 1876
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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: base of the Bridgerian to the top of the Uintan or 51.10000 to 39.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian51.1 - 45.9USA (Wyoming) Otiorhynchus perditus (type locality: 121306 121322)
Uintan45.9 - 39.7USA (Colorado) Pseudophaops perditus (194197)