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Proteininae
Taxonomy
Proteininae was named by Erichson (1839). It is extant. Its type is Proteinus.
It was assigned to Staphylinidae by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Bouchard et al. (2011), Cai et al. (2016), Cai et al. (2022), Jenkins Shaw et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Staphylinidae by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Bouchard et al. (2011), Cai et al. (2016), Cai et al. (2022), Jenkins Shaw et al. (2023).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1839 | Proteininae Erichson p. 641 |
| 1995 | Proteininae Lawrence and Newton, Jr. |
| 2011 | Proteininae Bouchard et al. |
| 2016 | Proteininae Cai et al. p. 2 |
| 2022 | Proteininae Cai et al. |
| 2023 | Proteininae Jenkins Shaw et al. p. 1143 |
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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.
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 Late/Upper Pleistocene or 100.50000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Myanmar | Vetuproteinus cretaceus (161726) | |
| Priabonian | Denmark | Proteinus sp. (123762) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Washington) | Megarthrus sp. (169375 169377) Megarthrus sp., Proteinus sp. (169378) |