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Amara paleomelas

Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

Taxonomy
Nebria paleomelas was named by Scudder (1879). Its type specimen is GSC 58, an elytra, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Nicola river, which is in a Ypresian lacustrine shale/siltstone in Canada.

It was recombined as Amara paleomelas by Bousquet (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Nebria paleomelas Scudder p. 178
1890Nebria paleomelas Scudder p. 532 figs. Pl 2 fig 20
1895Nebria paleomelas Scudder p. 54
1900Nebria paleomelas Scudder p. 17
2012Amara paleomelas Bousquet p. 1570

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—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
suborderAdephaga
familyCarabidae()
subfamilyHarpalinae()
tribeZabrini()
subtribeAmarinaZimmerman 1832
genusAmara
speciespaleomelas()

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.

†Amara paleomelas Scudder 1879
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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: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Canada (British Columbia) Nebria paleomelas (type locality: 122190)