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Palaeoscapha tunguskaensis

Insecta - Coleoptera - Hydroscaphidae

Taxonomy
Palaeoscapha tunguskaensis was named by Kirejtshuk et al. (2023). Its type specimen is PIN 2757/1, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Untuun (PIN collection 2757), which is in a Changhsingian/Induan terrestrial siliciclastic in the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Palaeoscapha.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2023Palaeoscapha tunguskaensis Kirejtshuk et al. p. 5 figs. 1-3

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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
suborderMyxophagaCrowson 1955
superfamilySphaeriusoidea
familyHydroscaphidae
subfamilyTriamyxinae()
genusPalaeoscapha
speciestunguskaensis

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.

†Palaeoscapha tunguskaensis Kirejtshuk et al. 2023
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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: base of the Changhsingian to the top of the Induan or 254.14000 to 249.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian - Induan254.14 - 249.9Russian Federation Palaeoscapha tunguskaensis (type locality: 229880)