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Frankencupes ultimus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Permocupedidae

Taxonomy
Frankencupes ultimus was named by Ponomarenko and Bashkuev (2018). Its type specimen is SMTE 6024/4-77, an elytra, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Gambach am Main, which is in a Bithynian marine limestone in the Röt Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Frankencupes.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Frankencupes ultimus Ponomarenko and Bashkuev p. 588 fig. 1
2020Frankencupes ultimus Kirejtshuk p. 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
familyPermocupedidae
subfamilyPermocupedinae
genusFrankencupes
speciesultimus

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.

†Frankencupes ultimus Ponomarenko and Bashkuev 2018
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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: Bithynian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Germany Frankencupes ultimus (type locality: 175694)