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Chimaerocoleites gyrinoides

Insecta - Coleoptera

Taxonomy
Chimaerocoleites gyrinoides was named by Ponomarenko (1985). Its type specimen is PIN 3792/86, an elytra, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Oshin-Boro-Udzur-Ula (PIN collection 3792), which is in a Bathonian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Zhargalant Formation of Mongolia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Chimaerocoleites gyrinoides Ponomarenko p. 73 figs. Pl 10, fig 7

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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
genusChimaerocoleites
speciesgyrinoides

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.

†Chimaerocoleites gyrinoides Ponomarenko 1985
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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Bathonian or 168.30000 to 166.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Mongolia Chimaerocoleites gyrinoides (type locality: 119621)