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Curculionites ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	7740597	https://www.gbif.org/species/7740597
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	209819	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=209819

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Curculionidae : Curculionites

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
-	Cercofilata	Kukalová-Peck 1987
class	Insecta	Linnaeus 1758
-	Dicondylia
-	Paranotalia	Sroka et al. 2014
subclass	Pterygota	Brauer 1885
-	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
-	Holometabola
-	Aparaglossata
-	Coleopterida	Kukalová-Peck and Lawrence 2004
order	Coleoptera	Linnaeus 1758
suborder	Polyphaga	Emery 1886
infraorder	Cucujiformia	Lameere 1938
-	Phytophaga
superfamily	Curculionoidea	Latreille 1802
family	Curculionidae	Latreille 1802
genus	Curculionites	Latreille 1802

Scientific Name

Curculionites Latreille, 1802

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Curculionites	genus	belongs to Curculionidae	stated with evidence	Heer, 1847
Curculionites	genus	belongs to Curculionoidea	stated with evidence	Legalov, 2011
Curculionites	genus	belongs to Entiminae	stated with evidence	Legalov, 2012
Curculionites	genus	belongs to Curculionidae	stated with evidence	Legalov, 2015

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

72.1 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

11.6 - 5.3 Ma
Miocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

O. Heer. 1847. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Erster Theil: Käfer

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Curculionites angustior ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Curculionites brenthiformis ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Curculionites epistictus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Curculionites eustictus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Curculionites exiguus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Curculionites harringtoni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Curculionites hylobioides ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Curculionites jujuyensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Curculionites latiusculus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Curculionites lividus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Curculionites magdalinus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Curculionites marginatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Curculionites megastictus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Curculionites microstictus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Curculionites morosus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	28.1 Ma Oligocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Curculionites northropi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Curculionites optimus ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Curculionites ovatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Curculionites parastictus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Curculionites parvulus ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Curculionites punctillatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Curculionites redtenbacheri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	12.7 Ma Miocene	12.7 Ma Miocene
Curculionites redtenbacherorum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Curculionites senonicus ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Curculionites shareipoffi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Curculionites silesiacus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Curculionites stebingeri ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Curculionites sunchalicus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Curculionites tuberculatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Curculionites vulpinus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Curculionites westwoodi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Curculionites wielandi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Curculionites Giebel, 1856	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Curculionidae : *Curculionites*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1847	Curculionites Heer p. 199
2011	Curculionites Legalov p. 70
2012	Curculionites Legalov p. 692
2015	Curculionites Legalov p. 1497

References

Heer O. , Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Erster Theil: Käfer, 1-229

Legalov A. A. (2011) New data on fossil beetles of the superfamily Curculionoidea (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) from Jurassic and Cretaceous deposits of the Northern Hemisphere, Euroasian Entomological Journal 10, 63-71

Legalov A. A. (2012) Fossil history of Mesozoic weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Insect Science 19, 683-698 doi:10.1111/j.1744-7917.2012.01508.x

Legalov A. A. (2015) Fossil Mesozoic and Cenozoic weevils (Coleoptera, Obrienioidea, Curculionoidea), Paleontological Journal 49, 1442-1513

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

as per family - 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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