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Prototoma striata

Insecta - Coleoptera

Taxonomy
Prototoma striata was named by Heer (1852). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Insektenmergel, Schambelen, Aargau, which is in an Angulata offshore claystone in the Insektenmergel Formation of Switzerland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Prototoma striata Heer p. 12 fig. 11
1885Prototoma striata Scudder p. 799 fig. 1048
1906Prototoma striata Handlirsch p. 447 figs. Pl XLI fig 39

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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
genusPrototoma
speciesstriata

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.

†Prototoma striata Heer 1852
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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: Angulata or 201.30000 to 196.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Angulata201.3 - 196.5Switzerland Prototoma striata (type locality: 131766)