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Notocupes alienus

Insecta - Coleoptera

Taxonomy
Ovatocupes alienus was named by Tan and Ren (2006). Its type specimen is CNU-C-LB2005001, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Near Chaomidian Village, CNU 2005 collection, which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large shale in the Yixian Formation of China.

It was recombined as Zygadenia aliena by Kirejtshuk (2020); it was recombined as Notocupes alienus by Strelnikova and Yan (2023) and Strelnikova and Yan (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Ovatocupes alienus Tan and Ren p. 226 figs. 1-6
2009Ovatocupes alienus Tan and Ren p. 70 fig. 6.15
2020Zygadenia aliena Kirejtshuk p. 45 fig. 18A,B
2023Notocupes alienus Strelnikova and Yan p. 18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderArchostemataKolbe 1908
genusNotocupes
speciesalienus()

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.

Notocupes alienus Tan and Ren 2006
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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: Late/Upper Barremian or 130.00000 to 125.45000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45China (Liaoning) Ovatocupes alienus (type locality: 152052)