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Rhopalomma stefaniae

Insecta - Coleoptera - Ommatidae

Taxonomy
Rhopalomma stefaniae was named by Ashman et al. (2015). Its type specimen is AM F.139992(3), an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Talbragar Fossil Fish Bed (AM collection), which is in a Tithonian lacustrine - small siliciclastic in Australia. It is the type species of Rhopalomma.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Rhopalomma stefaniae Ashman et al. p. 138 figs. 1-6
2020Rhopalomma stefaniae Kirejtshuk p. 43

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderArchostemataKolbe 1908
superfamilyCupedoideaLaporte 1836
familyOmmatidaeSharp and Muir 1912
subfamilyOmmatinaeSharp and Muir 1912
genusRhopalomma
speciesstefaniae

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.

†Rhopalomma stefaniae Ashman et al. 2015
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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: Tithonian or 149.20000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Australia (New South Wales) Rhopalomma stefaniae (type locality: 128121)