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Allophalerus bontsaganensis

Insecta - Coleoptera - Ommatidae

Taxonomy
Tetraphalerus bontsaganensis was named by Ponomarenko (1997). Its type specimen is PIN 3559/6051, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559, outcrop 87/8), which is in an Aptian lacustrine siliciclastic in the Dzun-Bain Formation of Mongolia.

It was recombined as Allophalerus bontsaganensis by Kirejtshuk (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Tetraphalerus bontsaganensis Ponomarenko p. 390 figs. Pl 6, figs 4,5; text-fig 3
2020Allophalerus bontsaganensis Kirejtshuk p. 22

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderArchostemataKolbe 1908
superfamilyCupedoideaLaporte 1836
familyOmmatidaeSharp and Muir 1912
subfamilyOmmatinaeSharp and Muir 1912
genusAllophalerus
speciesbontsaganensis()

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.

†Allophalerus bontsaganensis Ponomarenko 1997
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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: base of the Hauterivian to the top of the Aptian or 132.60000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hauterivian - Barremian132.6 - 121.4Mongolia (Bayankhongor) Tetraphalerus bontsaganensis (113357)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Mongolia Tetraphalerus bontsaganensis (type locality: 113355 113356 113359 124341 124342)