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Ovidytes ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4729880https://www.gbif.org/species/4729880
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)282414https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=282414
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Liadytidae : Ovidytes
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
infraorderStaphyliniformiaLameere 1900
superfamilyHydrophiloideaLatreille 1802
familyLiadytidaePonomarenko 1977
genusOvidytesRen Dong Zhu Huizhong & Lu Youquan 1995
Scientific NameOvidytes Ren Dong, Zhu Huizhong & Lu Youquan, 1995
Name Published InActa Geosci Sin 4 Sum 37
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Ovidytesgenusbelongs to Liadytidaestated with evidenceRen et al., 1995
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)D. Ren, H. Z. Zhu, and Y. Q. Lu. 1995. New discovery of Early Cretaceous fossil insects from Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia. Acta Geoscientia Sinica 1995(4):432-438

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Ovidytes gaoi ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous		125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1995Ovidytes Ren et al. p. 433

References

Ren D., Zhu H. Z., et al (1995) New discovery of Early Cretaceous fossil insects from Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, Acta Geoscientia Sinica 1995 4, 432-438
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
Acta Geosci Sin 4 Sum 37 - 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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