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Cretadystaxia burmanica

Insecta - Coleoptera - Schizopodidae

Taxonomy
Cretadystaxia burmanica was named by Legalov (2025). Its type specimen is ISEA MA 2019-1, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Burmese amber (ISEA Novosibirsk coll), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar. It is the type species of Cretadystaxia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2025Cretadystaxia burmanica Legalov p. 75 fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyBuprestoidea
familySchizopodidaeLeConte 1859
subfamilySchizopodinaeLeConte 1861
tribeCretadystaxiini
genusCretadystaxia
speciesburmanica

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.

†Cretadystaxia burmanica Legalov 2025
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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: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Cretadystaxia burmanica (type locality: 182624)