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Quasicalathus elpis
Taxonomy
Calathus elpis was named by Ortuño and Arillo (2009). Its type specimen is MCNA 13638, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, MCNA collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
It was recombined as Quasicalathus elpis by Schmidt and Will (2022).
It was recombined as Quasicalathus elpis by Schmidt and Will (2022).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2009 | Calathus elpis Ortuño and Arillo p. 56 figs. 1-3 |
| 2022 | Quasicalathus elpis Schmidt and Will p. 28 figs. 1-20, 34-64 |
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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.
†Quasicalathus elpis Ortuño and Arillo 2009
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Priabonian | Russian Federation | Quasicalathus elpis (123419) | |
| Priabonian | Poland | Quasicalathus elpis (110737) | |
| Priabonian | Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) | Calathus elpis (type locality: 123462) Quasicalathus elpis (110735 123420 220533) |