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Spondylis tertiarius

Insecta - Coleoptera - Cerambycidae

Taxonomy
Spondylis tertiarius was named by Germar (1849). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Florissant (USNM Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Spondylis tertiarius Germar p. 58 figs. Pl 2, fig 3
1885Spondylis tertiarius Scudder p. 794 fig. 1024

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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
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
—Phytophaga
superfamilyChrysomeloidea
familyCerambycidae()
subfamilySpondylidinae()
tribeSpondylidini
genusSpondylis
speciestertiarius

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.

†Spondylis tertiarius Germar 1849
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available