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Collops extrusus ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	8568638	https://www.gbif.org/species/8568638
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	228757	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=228757

Rank

species

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Malachiusidae : Collops : Collops extrusus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Melyridae : Collops : Collops extrusus

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
superfamily	Cleroidea	Latreille 1802
family	Melyridae
subfamily	Malachiinae
tribe	Malachiini	Fleming 1821
genus	Collops	Erichson 1840
species	Collops extrusus	Wickham 1914

Generic Name

Collops

Scientific Name

Collops extrusus Wickham, 1914

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Collops extrusus	species	belongs to Collops	stated with evidence	Wickham, 1914

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

Last Recorded Appearance

37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

H. F. Wickham. 1914. New Miocene Coleoptera from Florissant. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College 53:423-494

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1914	Collops extrusus Wickham p. 447 figs. Pl 5, figs 6,7

References

Wickham H. F. (1914) New Miocene Coleoptera from Florissant, Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College 53, 423-494

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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