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Anagyrinus atavus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Gyrinidae

Taxonomy
Gyrinus atavus was named by Heer (1864). 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.

It was recombined as Anagyrinus atavus by Handlirsch (1906).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Gyrinus atavus Heer pp. 64, 90 figs. Pl 8, fig 18
1906Anagyrinus atavus Handlirsch p. 447 figs. Pl XLI fig 41

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderAdephaga
familyGyrinidae
genusAnagyrinus
speciesatavus()

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.

†Anagyrinus atavus Heer 1864
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Diagnosis
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