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Meracantha lacustris ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8577056https://www.gbif.org/species/8577056
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)232900https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=232900
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Amarygmiidae : Meracantha : Meracantha lacustris
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Tenebrionidae : Meracantha : Meracantha lacustris
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
infraorderCucujiformiaLameere 1938
superfamilyTenebrionoideaLatreille 1802
familyTenebrionidaeLatreille 1802
subfamilyTenebrioninaeLatreille 1802
tribeAmarygmini
genusMeracanthaKirby 1837
speciesMeracantha lacustrisWickham 1909
Generic NameMeracantha
Scientific NameMeracantha lacustris Wickham, 1909
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Meracantha lacustrisspeciesbelongs to Meracanthastated with evidenceWickham, 1909
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Last Recorded Appearance37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)H. F. Wickham. 1909. New Fossil Coleoptera from Florissant. American Journal of Science, Series 4 28(4):126-130

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1909Meracantha lacustris Wickham p. 129
2008Meracantha lacustris Kirejtshuk et al. p. 135
2018Meracantha lacustris Bousquet et al. p. 381
2019Meracantha lacustris Nabozhenko p. 6

References

Wickham H. F. (1909) New Fossil Coleoptera from Florissant, American Journal of Science, Series 4 28 4, 126-130
Kirejtshuk A. G., Merkl O., et al (2008) A new species of the genus Pentaphyllus Dejean, 1821 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Diaperinae) from the Baltic amber and checklist of the fossil Tenebrionidae, Zoosystematica Rossica 17, 131-137
Bousquet Y., Thomas D. B., et al (2018) Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America, ZooKeys 728, 1-455
Nabozhenko M. V. (2019) The fossil record of darkling beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), Geosciences 9 514, 1-20
Y. Bousquet, D. B. Thomas, P. Bouchard, A. D. Smith, R. L. Aalbu, M. A. Johnston, W. E. Steiner (2018) Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America: ZooKeys: 1--455 - via Catalogue of Life
H. F. Wickham (1909) New Fossil Coleoptera from Florissant: American Journal of Science, Series 4 4: 126--130 - via Catalogue of Life
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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