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Ataenius patescens ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8604600https://www.gbif.org/species/8604600
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)226485https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=226485
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Aphodiidae : Ataenius : Ataenius patescens
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Scarabaeidae : Ataenius : Ataenius patescens
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
infraorderScarabaeiformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyScarabaeoideaLatreille 1802
familyScarabaeidaeLatreille 1802
subfamilyAphodiinae
tribeEupariiniSchmidt 1910
genusAtaeniusHarold 1867
speciesAtaenius patescensScudder 1893
Generic NameAtaenius
Scientific NameAtaenius patescens Scudder, 1893
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Ataenius patescensspeciesbelongs to Ataeniusstated without evidenceScudder, 1900
Ataenius patescensspeciesbelongs to Ataeniusstated with evidenceWickham, 1910
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)S. H. Scudder. 1900. Adephagous and clavicorn Coleoptera from the Tertiary deposits at Florissant, Colorado with descriptions of a few other forms and a systematic list of the non-rhynchophorus Tertiary Coleoptera of North America. Monographs of the United States Geological Survey 40:1-148

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1900Ataenius patescens Scudder p. 104
1910Ataenius patescens Wickham p. 48
1912Ataenius patescens Wickham p. 22 figs. Pl 6, figs 4,5
1913Ataenius patescens Wickham p. 293
1914Ataenius patescens Wickham p. 453

References

Scudder S. H. Adephagous and clavicorn Coleoptera from the Tertiary deposits at Florissant, Colorado with descriptions of a few other forms and a systematic list of the non-rhynchophorus Tertiary Coleoptera of North America, Monographs of the United States Geological Survey 40, 1-148
Wickham H. F. (1910) New fossil Coleoptera from Florissant, with notes on some already described, American Journal of Science, Series 4 29, 47-51
Wickham H. F. (1912) A report on some recent collections of fossil Coleoptera from the Miocene shales of Florissant, Bulletin from the Laboratories of Natural History of the State University of Iowa 6 3, 3-38
Wickham H. F. (1913) Fossil Coleoptera from Florissant in the United States National Museum, Proceedings of the United States National Museum 45 1982, 283-303
Wickham H. F. (1914) New Miocene Coleoptera from Florissant, Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College 53, 423-494
Scudder S.H. (1893) Tertiary Rhynchophorous Coleoptera of the United States: Monographs of the United States Geological Survey 21:1-206 - 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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