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Cretoquadratus extinctus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Lymexylidae

Taxonomy
Raractocetus extinctus was named by Yamamoto (2019). Its type specimen is FMNHINS-3965989, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (FMNH coll), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

It was recombined as Cretoquadratus extinctus by Li et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Raractocetus extinctus Yamamoto p. 4 figs. 1b, 2b,g, S2b, S4, S5
2022Cretoquadratus extinctus Li et al. p. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
superfamilyLymexyloidea
familyLymexylidae()
subfamilyAtractocerinaeLaporte 1840
genusCretoquadratus
speciesextinctus()

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.

Cretoquadratus extinctus Yamamoto 2019
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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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Raractocetus extinctus (type locality: 184691)