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Mesophyletidae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)380853https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=380853
Rankfamily (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Mesophyletidae
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
-Phytophaga
superfamilyCurculionoideaLatreille 1802
familyMesophyletidaePoinar 2008
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Mesophyletidaesubfamilyinvalid subgroup of Eccoptarthridaestated with evidencePoinar, 2006
Mesophyletidaesubfamilybelongs to Eccoptarthridaestated with evidencePoinar, 2008
Mesophyletidaetribebelongs to Baissorhynchitaestated with evidenceLegalov, 2010
Mesophyletidaesubfamilysubjective synonym of Eccoptarthrinaestated with evidenceBouchard et al., 2011
Mesophyletidaetribebelongs to Carinaestated without evidenceLegalov, 2012
Mesophyletidaetribebelongs to Carinaestated with evidenceLegalov, 2015
Mesophyletidaefamilybelongs to Curculionoideastated with evidenceClarke and Oberprieler, 2018
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)93
First Recorded Appearance105 - 100 Ma
Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)G. Poinar. 2008. Type genus for Mesophyletinae, a subfamily of Early Cretaceous weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Eccoptarthridae) in Burmese amber. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 110:262-263

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Aepyceratinae
subfamily
listed (PBDB)1099.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
99.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Mesophyletinae
subfamily
listed (PBDB)55105 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
99.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2008Mesophyletinae Poinar p. 262
2010Mesophyletini Legalov p. 88
2012Mesophyletini Legalov p. 690
2015Mesophyletini Legalov p. 1466
2015Mesophyletini Legalov and Poinar p. 561
2018Mesophyletidae Clarke and Oberprieler p. 47
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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