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Nicrophorini
Taxonomy
Necrophoridae was named by Kirby (1837). It is extant. Its type is Nicrophorus.
It was reranked as the subfamily Nicrophorinae by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Bouchard et al. (2011), Rŭžička (2015), Sohn and Nam (2021); it was reranked as the tribe Nicrophorini by Cai (2025).
It was assigned to Silphidae by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Bouchard et al. (2011), Rŭžička (2015), Sohn and Nam (2021); and to Silphinae by Cai (2025).
It was reranked as the subfamily Nicrophorinae by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Bouchard et al. (2011), Rŭžička (2015), Sohn and Nam (2021); it was reranked as the tribe Nicrophorini by Cai (2025).
It was assigned to Silphidae by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Bouchard et al. (2011), Rŭžička (2015), Sohn and Nam (2021); and to Silphinae by Cai (2025).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1995 | Nicrophorinae Lawrence and Newton, Jr. |
| 2011 | Nicrophorinae Bouchard et al. |
| 2015 | Nicrophorinae Rŭžička p. 299 |
| 2021 | Nicrophorinae Sohn and Nam p. 585 |
| 2025 | Nicrophorini Cai |
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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.
Tr. Nicrophorini Kirby 1837
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G. †Cretosaja Sohn and Nam 2021
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†Cretosaja jinjuensis Sohn and Nam 2021
†Cretosaja thayerae Cai 2025
G. Nicrophorus Fabricius 1775
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†Necrophorus pliozaenicus Gersdorf 1969
Nicrophorus guttula Motschulsky 1845
Nicrophorus investigator Zettersetdt 1824
Nicrophorus marginatus Fabricius 1801
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Invalid names: Nicrophorus guttulus labreae Pierce 1949 [synonym], Nicrophorus mckittricki Pierce 1949 [synonym], Nicrophorus obtusiscutellum Pierce 1949 [synonym]
Nicrophorus nigrita Mannerheim 1843
Invalid names: Nicrophorus guttulus punctostriatus Pierce 1949 [synonym], Nicrophorus investigator alpha Pierce 1949 [synonym], Nicrophorus investigator latifrons Pierce 1949 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Holocene or 125.77000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 121.4 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 121.4 Ma
Collections (17 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Barremian | China (Liaoning) | Ptomascopus sp., Paracretosaja newtoni, Cretosaja thayerae (111725) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian | China (Nei Mongol) | Nicrophorinae indet. (125655) | |
| Albian | South Korea | Cretosaja jinjuensis (184781) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Myanmar | Nicrophorus sp. (161726) | |
| Priabonian - Chattian | France | Ptomascopus aveyronensis (160862) | |
| Chattian | France | Ptomascopus aveyronensis (160864) Ptomascopus aveyronensis, Palaeosilpha fraasii (153155) | |
| Piacenzian | Germany (Niedersachsen) | Necrophorus pliozaenicus (109196) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (California) | Nicrophorus guttulus (152006 161531) Nicrophorus guttulus, Nicrophorus mckittricki, Nicrophorus obtusiscutellum, Nicrophorus investigator, Nicrophorus guttulus (152007) Nicrophorus mckittricki, Nicrophorus guttulus (161528 161529 161530) Nicrophorus mckittricki, Nicrophorus guttulus, Nicrophorus investigator (161535) | |
| Holocene | USA (California) | Nicrophorus mckittricki (161518 161532) |