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Psacodromeus rectus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Trachypachidae

Taxonomy
Psacodromeus recta was named by Lee et al. (2024). Its type specimen is KNUL-1114-106, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Sanam-myeon, Sacheon-shi (KNUL collection), which is in an Albian lacustrine - large shale in the Jinju Formation of South Korea.

It was corrected as Psacodromeus rectus by Littauer (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Psacodromeus recta Lee et al. p. 98 figs. 3, 4
2025Psacodromeus rectus Littauer p. 150

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderAdephaga
familyTrachypachidaeThomson 1857
subfamilyEodromeinae
genusPsacodromeus
speciesrectus()

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.

†Psacodromeus rectus Lee et al. 2024
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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: Albian or 113.20000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.2 - 100.5South Korea Psacodromeus recta (type locality: 232407)