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Orsodacnidae

Insecta - Coleoptera - Orsodacnidae

Taxonomy
Orsodacnidae was named by Thomson (1859). It is extant.

It was assigned to Chrysomeloidea by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Haddad et al. (2018) and Cai et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Orsodacnidae Thomson
1995Orsodacnidae Lawrence and Newton, Jr. p. 787
2018Orsodacnidae Haddad et al.
2022Orsodacnidae Cai et al.

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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
Phytophaga
superfamilyChrysomeloidea
familyOrsodacnidaeThomson 1859
familyOrsodacnidaeThomson 1859

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.

Fm. Orsodacnidae Thomson 1859
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Subfm. Aulacoscelidinae Chapuis 1874
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G. Aulacoscelis Duponchel and Chevrolat 1842
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Invalid names: Orsodacninae Thomson 1859 [empty]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: Late/Upper Aptian or 122.46000 to 112.03000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 112.03 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 112.03Brazil (Ceará) Aulacoscelis santanensis (164198)