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Ceratophyus yatagaii

Insecta - Coleoptera - Geotrupidae

Taxonomy
Ceratophyus yatagaii was named by Aiba and Král (2023). Its type specimen is KYFSI209, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Shiobara, Shiobara-machi, Tochigi Prefecture (KYFSI collection), which is in a Pleistocene crater lake mudstone in the Miyajima Formation of Japan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2023Ceratophyus yatagaii Aiba and Král p. 266 figs. 1, 2, 3, 4A

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyScarabaeoidea
familyGeotrupidae()
subfamilyGeotrupinae
genusCeratophyus
speciesyatagaii

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.

Ceratophyus yatagaii Aiba and Král 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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Middle Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan Ceratophyus yatagaii (type locality: 194482)