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Silicernius ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4718226https://www.gbif.org/species/4718226
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)273853https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=273853
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Elateridae : Silicernius
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
-Holometabola
-Aparaglossata
-ColeopteridaKukalová-Peck and Lawrence 2004
orderColeopteraLinnaeus 1758
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyElateroideaLeach 1815
familyElateridaeLeach 1815
genusSilicerniusHeyden 1859
Scientific NameSilicernius Heyden, 1859
Name Published InPalaeontogr., 8, 8, pl. 1, fig
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Silicerniusgenusbelongs to Elateridaestated with evidenceVon Heyden, 1859
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance28.4 - 23.0 Ma
Cenozoic
Last Recorded Appearance28.4 - 23.0 Ma
Cenozoic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)C. Von Heyden. 1859. Fossile Insekten aus der Rheinischen Braunkhohle. Palaeontographica 8:1-15

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Silicernius spectabilis ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		128.4 Ma
Oligocene		28.4 Ma
Oligocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1859Silicernius Von Heyden p. 6

References

Von Heyden C. Fossile Insekten aus der Rheinischen Braunkhohle, Palaeontographica 8, 1-15
Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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
Palaeontogr., 8, 8, pl. 1, fig - 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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