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Plateumaris (Plateumaris) wightensis

Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae

Taxonomy
Plateumaris (Plateumaris) wightensis was named by Kurochkin and Kirejtshuk (2019). Its type specimen is NHMUK I.25518, an elytra, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (Hooley coll), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Bouldnor Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Plateumaris (Plateumaris) wightensis Kurochkin and Kirejtshuk p. 479 figs. 23c, 41b, 43a

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
RankNameAuthor
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
—Phytophaga
superfamilyChrysomeloidea
familyChrysomelidae()
subfamilyDonaciinae()
tribePlateumarini
genusPlateumarisThomson 1859
subgenusPlateumarisThomson 1859
specieswightensis

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.

†Plateumaris (Plateumaris) wightensis Kurochkin and Kirejtshuk 2019
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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: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Plateumaris wightensis (21976 123959 type locality: 123960)