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Pseudobuprestites pterophylli

Insecta - Coleoptera

Taxonomy
Glaphyroptera pterophylli was named by Heer (1853). It is an impression. Its type locality is Vaduz, which is in a Carnian terrestrial horizon in the Keuper Formation of Liechtenstein.

It was recombined as Buprestites pterophylli by Heer (1864); it was recombined as Pseudobuprestites pterophylli by Handlirsch (1906) and Handlirsch (1907).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Glaphyroptera pterophylli Heer p. 133 figs. Pl 7, figs 11, 12
1864Buprestites pterophylli Heer pp. 56, 82
1885Glaphyroptera pterophylli Scudder p. 796 fig. 1033
1906Pseudobuprestites pterophylli Handlirsch p. 399 figs. Pl XXXIX fig 2, 3
1907Pseudobuprestites pterophylli Handlirsch p. 399 figs. Pl 39, figs 2,3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
genusPseudobuprestites
speciespterophylli()

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.

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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: Carnian or 237.00000 to 228.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Liechtenstein Glaphyroptera pterophylli (102709)