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Chrysomela titana

Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae

Taxonomy
Lina titana was named by Meunier (1921). Its type specimen is 1119, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Grube Messel Pit (Museum Darmstadt Collection), which is in a MP 11 crater lake claystone in the Messel Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Chrysomela titana by Nadein (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Lina titana Meunier p. 10 figs. 18-20
2019Chrysomela titana Nadein p. 599

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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
superfamilyChrysomeloidea
familyChrysomelidae()
subfamilyChrysomelinae
tribeChrysomelini
genusChrysomela
speciestitana()

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.

†Chrysomela titana Meunier 1921
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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: MP 11 or 48.07000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 1148.07 - 41.03Germany (Hessen) Lina titana (type locality: 120036)