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Macropunctum densipunctum

Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae

Taxonomy
Macropunctum densipunctum was named by Wappler (2003). Its type specimen is PE_2000/955 LS, an exoskeleton (complete beetle), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Eckfeld Maar (NHMN 2000 collection), which is in a MP 13 crater lake siltstone/shale in the Eifel Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Macropunctum densipunctum Wappler p. 87 figs. 60; Pl 10 fig a
2021Macropunctum densipunctum Kundrata et al. p. 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
RankNameAuthor
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyElateroidea
familyElateridae
subfamilyAgrypninae()
tribeAgrypnini
genusMacropunctum
speciesdensipunctum

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.

Macropunctum densipunctum Wappler 2003
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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: MP 13 or 48.60000 to 40.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 1348.6 - 40.4Germany (Eifel) Macropunctum densipunctum (type locality: 138912)