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Forficulites

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4683199https://www.gbif.org/species/4683199
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)208648https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=208648
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Dermaptera : Forficulidae : Forficulites
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
-Pancrustacea
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
-CercofilataKukalová-Peck 1987
classInsectaLinnaeus 1758
-Dicondylia
-ParanotaliaSroka et al. 2014
subclassPterygotaBrauer 1885
-NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
-PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
-HaplocercataTerry and Whiting 2005
orderDermapteraDe Geer 1773
suborderNeodermapteraEngel 2003
infraorderEpidermapteraEngel 2003
-EteodermapteraEngel 2003
-Eudermaptera
superfamilyForficuloideaLatreille 1810
familyForficulidaeLatreille 1810
genusForficulitesStatz 1939
Scientific NameForficulites Statz, 1939
Name Published InDecheniana, 99A
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Forficulitesgenusbelongs to Forficulidaestated with evidenceStatz, 1939
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance28.1 - 23.0 Ma
Cenozoic
Last Recorded Appearance28.1 - 23.0 Ma
Cenozoic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)G. Statz. 1939. Geradflügler und Wasserkäfer der oligocänen Ablagerungen von Rott. Decheniana 99A:1-102

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Forficulites rottensis
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
128.1 Ma
Oligocene
28.1 Ma
Oligocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1939Forficulites Statz p. 9

References

Statz G. (1939) Geradflügler und Wasserkäfer der oligocänen Ablagerungen von Rott, Decheniana 99A, 1-102
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Decheniana, 99A - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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