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Elytrophagus
Taxonomy
Elytrophagus was named by Zhang (1989). It is not extant. Its type is Elytrophagus porphyroleucus.
It was assigned to Cryptophagidae by Zhang (1989); and to Tenebrionidae by Lyubarsky and Perkovsky (2018).
It was assigned to Cryptophagidae by Zhang (1989); and to Tenebrionidae by Lyubarsky and Perkovsky (2018).
Species
E. porphyroleucus (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1989 | Elytrophagus Zhang p. 423 |
| 2018 | Elytrophagus Lyubarsky and Perkovsky p. 384 |
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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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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Burdigalian or 20.45000 to 15.98000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Burdigalian | China (Shandong) | E. porphyroleucus (128551) |