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Menephiloides minensis

Insecta - Coleoptera

Taxonomy
Menephiloides minensis was named by Fujiyama (1973). Its type specimen is NSM-PA11262, an elytra, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Hazegatani coal mine, Omine, which is in a Carnian lacustrine siliciclastic in the Momonoki Formation of Japan. It is the type species of Menephiloides.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Menephiloides minensis Fujiyama p. 378 figs. Pl 5, fig 3; text-fig 21

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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
genusMenephiloides
speciesminensis

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.

†Menephiloides minensis Fujiyama 1973
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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: Carnian or 237.00000 to 228.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Japan Menephiloides minensis (type locality: 155677)