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Macrolinus sinicus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Passalidae

Taxonomy
Serrulus sinicus was named by Hong (1984). Its type specimen is 750085, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Shanwang, Linqu County, collection 5, which is in a Burdigalian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Shanwang Formation of China. It is the type species of Serrulus.

It was recombined as Macrolinus sinicus by Zhang (1989).

Entered
by E. Leckey (authorized by D. Smith) on 2006-02-07; modified by M. Clapham on 2014-01-25

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Serrulus sinicus Hong p. 6 figs. Pl 1, fig 1
1989Macrolinus sinicus Zhang p. 148 figs. Pl 40, fig 1; text-figs 134, 135
2000Serrulus sinicus Krell p. 875

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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
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyScarabaeoidea
familyPassalidae()
subfamilyPassalinae
tribeMacrolininiKaup 1871
genusMacrolinusKaup 1868
speciessinicus()

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.

†Macrolinus sinicus Hong 1984
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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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Burdigalian or 20.45000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98China (Shandong) Serrulus sinicus (type locality: 130412)