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Plastelater neptuni

Insecta - Coleoptera

Taxonomy
Elater neptuni was named by Giebel (1856). It is an impression. Its type locality is Lower Lias (Brodie coll), which is in a Rhaetian/Hettangian marine shale/limestone in the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Plastelater neptuni by Handlirsch (1906).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Elater neptuni Giebel p. 91
1906Plastelater neptuni Handlirsch p. 438 figs. Pl XLI fig 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
genusPlastelater
speciesneptuni()

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.

†Plastelater neptuni Giebel 1856
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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: base of the Rhaetian to the top of the Early/Lower Hettangian or 208.50000 to 196.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian - Early/Lower Hettangian208.5 - 196.5United Kingdom (England) Insecta indet. (type locality: 124688)