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Prostomidae (jugular-horned beetle)
Taxonomy
Prostomidae was named by Thomson (1859). It is extant.
It was assigned to Heteromera by Crowson (1981); and to Tenebrionoidea by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Batelka et al. (2018), Cai et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Heteromera by Crowson (1981); and to Tenebrionoidea by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Batelka et al. (2018), Cai et al. (2022).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1859 | Prostomidae Thomson |
| 1981 | Prostomidae Crowson p. 697 |
| 1995 | Prostomidae Lawrence and Newton, Jr. p. 787 |
| 2018 | Prostomidae Batelka et al. |
| 2022 | Prostomidae Cai et al. |
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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.
Fm. Prostomidae Thomson 1859 [jugular-horned beetle]
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G. Prostomis Latreille 1825
G. †Vetuprostomis Engel and Grimaldi 2008
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†Vetuprostomis angularis Li and Cai 2022
†Vetuprostomis consimilis Engel and Grimaldi 2008
†Vetuprostomis gaoi Li and Cai 2022
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 Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Priabonian or 100.50000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Myanmar | Vetuprostomis angularis, Vetuprostomis gaoi (161726) Vetuprostomis consimilis (111688) | |
| Priabonian | Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) | Prostomis sp. A (124201) Prostomis sp. B, Prostomis sp. C (123770) |