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Pyrochroidae
Taxonomy
Pyrochroidae was named by Latreille (1807). It is extant. Its type is Pyrochroa.
It was assigned to Heteromera by Crowson (1981); and to Tenebrionoidea by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Bouchard et al. (2011), Bukejs et al. (2019), Cai et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Heteromera by Crowson (1981); and to Tenebrionoidea by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Bouchard et al. (2011), Bukejs et al. (2019), Cai et al. (2022).
Subtaxa
Entered
by E. Leckey (authorized by D. Smith) on 2005-12-15; modified by M. Clapham on 2015-09-12
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1807 | Pyrochroidae Latreille |
| 1981 | Pyrochroidae Crowson p. 698 |
| 1987 | Cretaceimelittomoides Vulcano and Pereira |
| 1987 | Cretaceimelittomoides cearensis Vulcano and Pereira |
| 1995 | Pyrochroidae Lawrence and Newton, Jr. p. 787 |
| 2001 | Cretaceimelittomoides Martins-Neto p. 116 |
| 2001 | Cretaceimelittomoides cearensis Martins-Neto p. 116 figs. Pl 1, figs A,C |
| 2011 | Pyrochroidae Bouchard et al. |
| 2019 | Pyrochroidae Bukejs et al. p. 262 |
| 2022 | Pyrochroidae 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. Pyrochroidae Latreille 1807
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Subfm. Pedilinae Lacordaire 1859
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Subfm. †Waidelotinae Bukejs et al. 2019
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Invalid names: Cretaceimelittomoides Vulcano and Pereira 1987 [nomen nudum], Cretaceimelittomoides cearensis Vulcano and Pereira 1987 [nomen nudum], Pilipalpinae Abdullah 1964 [empty], Tydessinae Nikitsky 1986 [empty]
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 Aptian to the top of the Chadronian or 119.57000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.2 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.2 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Aptian | Brazil (Ceará) | Cretaceimelittomoides cearensis (125511) | |
| Priabonian | Russian Federation | Waidelotus hoffeinsorum (123419) | |
| Priabonian | Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) | Palaeopyrochroa crowsoni (123771) | |
| Priabonian | Germany (Halle) | Agnathus groehni (149487) | |
| Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | Lithomacratria mirabilis, Corphyra calypso (106384) |