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Prostomidae (jugular-horned beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Prostomidae

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).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Prostomidae Thomson
1981Prostomidae Crowson p. 697
1995Prostomidae Lawrence and Newton, Jr. p. 787
2018Prostomidae Batelka et al.
2022Prostomidae Cai et al.

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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
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
superfamilyTenebrionoidea
familyProstomidaeThomson 1859
familyProstomidaeThomson 1859

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
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

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

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Vetuprostomis angularis, Vetuprostomis gaoi (161726) Vetuprostomis consimilis (111688)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Prostomis sp. A (124201) Prostomis sp. B, Prostomis sp. C (123770)